Vejovis
English
Alternative forms
- Vejove
Etymology
From Latin Vējovis, a later spelling of Vēiovis, from Old Latin Vēdiovis, from vē + Diovis from Proto-Italic *djous, *djowes, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈve.joʊ.vɪs/, /ˈvɛ.d͡ʒoʊ.vɪs/
Proper noun
Vejovis
- (Roman mythology) an ancient Italic Roman deity of Etruscan origin considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”
Related terms
- Jove
- Jupiter
Latin
Alternative forms
- Vēiovis
- Vēdiovis, Vēdiiovis
- Vēdīus
- Vēive
Etymology
vē- (“not, anti-”) + Jovis (“Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous, *djowes (“day, sky; Jove”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky god”, literally “the bright one”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.jo.wis/, [ˈweː.jɔ.wɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.jo.vis/, [ˈvɛː.jɔ.vis]
- (Vulgar) IPA(key): /ˈβeː.jo.βis/, [ˈbe.jo.βes]
Proper noun
Vējovis m sg (genitive Vējovis); third declension
- (religion) Alternative spelling of Vēiovis (“Vejove, an old Italic Roman god; literally Anti-Jove”)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vējovis |
| Genitive | Vējovis |
| Dative | Vējovī |
| Accusative | Vējovem |
| Ablative | Vējove |
| Vocative | Vējovis |
See also
- Diovis, Iovis (“Jove”)
References
- Vejovis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vejovis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette