δῖος

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and related to, 🇨🇬, and the first element of 🇨🇬. The Indo-Iranian and Greek terms (which are formally identical ) may alternatively be independently formed to to the root.

The feminine nominative and accusative (attested alongside the expected ), earliest used in substantive function "goddess", is similar in formation and meaning to 🇨🇬, though it is likely formed independently to,  and thus not inherited from.

Adjective

 * 1)  heavenly, divine, noble

Usage notes
Homer uses the set phrases and  to describe the sea and the dawn. Commentators have suggested the translations "bright" and "boundless."