Vejovis
English
Alternative forms
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”
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Latin
Alternative forms
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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː.jɔ.wɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.jo.vis]
Proper noun
Vējovis m sg (genitive Vējovis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vējovis |
| genitive | Vējovis |
| dative | Vējovī |
| accusative | Vējovem |
| ablative | Vējove |
| vocative | Vējovis |
See also
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.