I have seen the letters "D.V." signed at the end of emails and other various places.

But sadly, I have no idea what it means. Anyone have some insight?

DV, or "Deo volente," is Latin for "Lord willing."

Bradley, It means Deo Volente the Latin words for the English God Willing

Opss...I and Andrew both posted at the same time!

Thanks guys! Now that I know that I can get back to work. Of course, D.V.

Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot

DV, or "Deo volente," is Latin for "Lord willing."

Originally Posted by CarlosOliveira

Bradley, It means Deo Volente the Latin words for the English God Willing

Originally Posted by Joshua

Bradley,

DV, or "Deo volente," is Latin for "Lord willing."

It means Deo Volente the Latin words for the English God Willing



Just thought I'd mirror the two fine gentlemen's words above.

To add my totally necessary two cents: DV, or "Deo volente," is Latin for "Lord willing."

I think it means "God willing" and I can't remember where I learned it.

It is Latin for Deo Voletne which when translated means "The Lord Be Willing". It dates back to the previous post in this thread.

Wow. I wasn't expecting such a response!

So, just to clarify: it does indeed mean "Lord willing" or "God willing"?

DV are my brother Dennis Vigneault's initials.

IMHO you should put LW for "Lord Willing" at the end of your posts unless you are writing to the Pope who does actually speak latin, then you can put "DV" at the end, L.W.

Originally Posted by BobVigneault

IMHO you should put LW for "Lord Willing" at the end of your posts unless you are writing to the Pope who does actually speak latin, then you can put "DV" at the end, L.W.

And it would also prevent threads like this from being started....well, maybe.

IMHO you should put LW for "Lord Willing" at the end of your posts unless you are writing to the Pope who does actually speak latin, then you can put "DV" at the end, L.W.

They you'd have to reform English, with f.g. for e.g., i.o.w. for i.e, t.s.a.t.p.s. for ibid and t.a.m.o.e.b.i.d.w.t.s.t.t.t.u.t. for etc...

It originally comes from the Vulgate of James 4:15,

...pro eo ut dicatis: Si Dominus voluerit...

"Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills..."

So, D.V. originally came from "Dominus voluerit," (the Lord willing, sometimes also said, "Sub conditio Jacobi" (under the condition of James)), but it has somehow over the years morphed into "Deo volente" (God willing).

D.V. can be both "God willing" and "the Lord willing."

s.t.o.p.u.s.i.n.g.a.b.b.r.e.v.i.a.t.i.o.n.s.

It's time to close this thread.

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I was wondering why so many theologians were also Doctors of Veterinary!

This could be handled as a quiz:


The abbreviation, D.V. is the shortened form of Deo Volente who/which is:

1. an Italian soccer star turned fashion designer
2. the former president of the Motion Picture Association
3. the former lead singer of Black Sabbath and Deo
4. what a priest says when he places the wafer on your tongue
B. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
5. Latin for 'God willing', or
C. all of the above