Si deus si dea is an Archaic Latin phrase meaning "whether god or goddess". It was used to address a deity of unknown gender. It was also written sive deus sive dea, sei deus sei dea, or sive mas sive femina ("whether male or female").
The phrase can be found on several ancient monuments. Archaic Roman inscriptions such as this may have been written to protect the identity of the god if Rome were captured by an enemy.[1] The construction was often used when invoking the god of a place (e.g., "Be you god or goddess who reigns over Carthage, grant us...").[citation needed] The classical scholar Edward Courtney claimed it was "intended to cover all bases as an acknowledgement of the limitations of human knowledge about divine powers".[2]
^Description of the Altar to the Unknown Divinity, found at the Palatine Hill Museum.
has been historically misidentified with the Palatine altar inscribed sideussidea ("whether god or goddess"), in cautious dedication to some unknown deity...
concipito) for the particular site: Whether thou be god or goddess (sideus, sidea) to whom this grove is dedicated, as it is thy right to receive a sacrifice...
pertains to this festival, the invocation was deliberately anonymous (Sideus, sidea). The dates of the Lucaria are recorded in the Fasti Amiterni, a calendar...
equivalents include se Deus quiser and Deus queira; the aforementioned tomara is also commonly used. The Sardinian expressions Deus bollat or Deus chergiat, meaning...
time of Tullus Hostilius, the third King of Rome. List of Roman gentes Sideussidea CIL VI, 1302. Livy, i. 32. Dionysius, ii. 72. Livy, i. 24. Dictionary...
di en auant, in quant Deus sauir et podir me dunat, si saluarai eo cist meon fradre Karlo, et in adiudha et in cadhuna cosa, si cum om per dreit son fradra...
associated with Jupiter Deus Latis - a Brittonic god Deus Ducavavius - a god known from a lone inscription in Cisalpine Gaul Deus Orevaius - a god known...
Greek equivalent is theos, which the Romans translated with deus. Servius says that deus or dea is a "generic term" (generale nomen) for all gods. In his...
with Deo, an epithet of Demeter and it could derive from the Cretan word dea (δηά), Ionic zeia (ζειά)—variously identified with emmer, spelt, rye, or...
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alleging that Ramírez was being investigated by the DEA for money laundering. According to the report, the DEA had a recording in which Ramirez told a commercial...
Impose. Retrieved July 24, 2019. Whyte, Tony Robert (April 30, 2008). "dEUS - Vantage Point". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved July 24, 2019. Dahlen, Chris...
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