Vejovis

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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

  1. (Roman mythology) an ancient Italic Roman deity of Etruscan origin considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”

Translations

Translations

Latin

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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

Proper noun

Vējovis m sg (genitive Vējovis); third declension

  1. (religion) Alternative spelling of Vēiovis (“Vejove, an old Italic Roman god; literally Anti-Jove”)

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.
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