Veiovis
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
vē- (“not, anti-”) + Iovis (“Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous (“day, sky; Jove”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky god”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.i̯o.u̯is/, [ˈu̯eːi̯ou̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.jo.vis/, [ˈvɛːjovis]
Proper noun edit
Vēiovis m sg (genitive Vēiovis); third declension
- (religion) Vejovis, an ancient Roman deity considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vēiovis |
| Genitive | Vēiovis |
| Dative | Vēiovī |
| Accusative | Vēiovem |
| Ablative | Vēiove |
| Vocative | Vēiovis |
See also edit
References edit
- “Veiovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Veiovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers