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Sunday

Latin translation: dies solis

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English term or phrase:Sunday
Latin translation:dies solis
Entered by: Eliza-Anna

11:04 Nov 11, 2005
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: Sunday
I just want to know what 'Sunday' is in Latin because I read that Constantine gave Sunday its name in approximately 331 AD. The person who wrote the article said that Sunday means 'day of the sun'. I am very curious about this because this implies it has been directly translated into English and passed down over centuries. I do believe Constantine would have used Latin as his language of communication. I am very curious. Thanks in advance.
Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:53
dies solis
Explanation:
The influence of the weeks of Chaldaeans, Christians, and Jews slowly made itself felt in the Roman Empire, and elements of the systems were probably merged. The planetary week was at first preeminent, and the use of planetary names, based on names of pagan deities, continued even after Constantine (c.321) made the Christian week, beginning on Sunday, official in the civil calendar. The Roman names for the days of the week pervaded Western Europe; in most languages the forms are translations from Latin or attempts to assign corresponding names of divinities. The Latin names, their translations, the English equivalents, and their derivations follow: dies solis [sun's day], Sunday; dies lunae [moon's day], Monday [moonday]; dies Martis [Mars' day], Tuesday [Tiw's day]; dies Mercurii [Mercury's day], Wednesday [Woden's day]; dies Jovis [Jove's or Jupiter's day], Thursday [Thor's day]; dies Veneris [Venus' day], Friday [Frigg's day]; and dies Saturni [Saturn's day], Saturday.

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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 07:53
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Thank you very much, it is extremely interesting!
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sunday
dies solis


Explanation:
The influence of the weeks of Chaldaeans, Christians, and Jews slowly made itself felt in the Roman Empire, and elements of the systems were probably merged. The planetary week was at first preeminent, and the use of planetary names, based on names of pagan deities, continued even after Constantine (c.321) made the Christian week, beginning on Sunday, official in the civil calendar. The Roman names for the days of the week pervaded Western Europe; in most languages the forms are translations from Latin or attempts to assign corresponding names of divinities. The Latin names, their translations, the English equivalents, and their derivations follow: dies solis [sun's day], Sunday; dies lunae [moon's day], Monday [moonday]; dies Martis [Mars' day], Tuesday [Tiw's day]; dies Mercurii [Mercury's day], Wednesday [Woden's day]; dies Jovis [Jove's or Jupiter's day], Thursday [Thor's day]; dies Veneris [Venus' day], Friday [Frigg's day]; and dies Saturni [Saturn's day], Saturday.

http://www.answers.com/topic/week

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 07:53
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much, it is extremely interesting!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Good afternoon, Kirill!
2 hrs
  -> hi Vicky :)
agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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agree  Flavio Ferri-Benedetti: Wow :)
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  -> answers.com is very helpful :)
agree  Eva Blanar: :)
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agree  Anne Grimes: awesome!
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  Zrinka Milas: The original name for the first day of the week comes from the Greek hemera heliou, or "day of the sun" named in honor of the Greek sun god Helios. The Romans substituted their own sun god, Sol, and named the day dies solis, meaning "sun's day," in Latin.
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