Dies (deity)

Dies /ˈdaɪ.iːz/[1] (Latin diēs "day") was the personification of day Roman mythology, and the counterpart of the Greek goddess Hemera,[2][3] the daughter of Nox (Night) and Scotus (Darkness).

Dies
Primordial goddess of the day
Hemera/Dies (1881) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Personal information
Parents	Scotus and Nox
Siblings	Aether Mors
Consort	Aether
Children	Caelus Thalassa Terra
Greek equivalent	Hemera

Name

The Latin noun diēs is based on the Proto-Italic accusative singular *dijēm, itself stemming from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyeu-, denoting the "diurnal sky" or the "brightness of the day" (in contrast to the darkness of the night).[4][5]

References

1. "dies". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface, translated by Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 95.
3. Cicero. de Natura Deorum, 3.17
4. de Vaan 2008, p. 170.
5. West 2007, p. 167.

Bibliography

• de Vaan, Michiel (2008). Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Brill. ISBN 9789004167971.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• West, Martin L. (2007). Indo-European Poetry and Myth. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928075-9.