Dis Pater

[ dis pey-ter ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. Dis.

Example Sentences

This is of comparatively late origin, as it is addressed to Dis pater, who only became a Roman deity in 249 B.C.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the enemy is made the victim, and this is why the only gods invoked are the Di Inferi, Dis pater, Veiovis, Manes, while in the older formula it is the gods of Romans and Latins.

From Project Gutenberg