Template talk:la-decl-deus

Lenghts/Macrons
So: -IP, 22:38, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Pons: "deus <ī> m (Nom. Pl. dei, dii, dī; Gen. Pl. deorum u. deûm; Dat. u. Abl. Pl. deis, diis, dīs)" [u. = &]
 * Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools [...]:
 * Singular: Nom. deus; Gen. deī; Dat.&Abl. deō; Acc. deum
 * Plural: Nom. deī (diī), dī; Gen. deōrum, deum; Dat.&Abl. deīs (diīs), dīs; Acc. deōs
 * "Note. -- The vocative singular of deus does not occur in classic Latin, but is said to have been dee; deus (like the nominative) occurs in the Vulgate. For the genitive plural, divum or divum (from divus, divine) is often used." [quote without macrons, but dee and deus are without in the text]
 * A&G didn't use a signum contractionis (the ^ in "deûm"). As deum (gen. pl. without signum contractionis) and deum (acc. sg.) are the same, it should be better to use it.
 * Pons has dei & dii, while A&G have deī & diī. Is one wrong or are both right or do multiple opinions exists, and then should one or both be mentioned?