See Stanley of the Chaldaic Philosophy, and Selden de Diis Syris.
Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni=--The conquering cause pleased the gods, the conquered one Cato.
The following is the passage to which Sir Walter Scott refers:--"Visitur ibi hodiedum circulus concessus judicialis intra quem homines, Diis victima fieri jubebantur.
Diis Manibus or Diis Manibus Sacrum) are followed by the name of the person whose ashes are enclosed, his age at death, and sometimes one or two other particulars.
The tomb and the inscription are purely pagan, as shown by the invocation to the infernal gods, Diis Manibus.
It was a saying of Tiberius, that it is for the gods to care for the injuries done to them: "Deorum injuriasdiis curae.
Diis magnis et tutatoribus suis," and CIL, XII, 1277, where Bel is called mentis magister.
It is very easy to distinguish the Pagan from the Christian monnments, without opening them, as all the former have the Roman letters DM (Diis Manibus) cut upon them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "diis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
