Vejovis
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Etymology edit
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 edit
IPA(key): /ˈve.joʊ.vɪs/, /ˈvɛ.d͡ʒoʊ.vɪs/
Proper noun edit
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 edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.i̯o.u̯is/, [ˈu̯eːi̯ou̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.jo.vis/, [ˈvɛːjovis]
Proper noun edit
Vējovis m sg (genitive Vējovis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Vējovis |
Genitive | Vējovis |
Dative | Vējovī |
Accusative | Vējovem |
Ablative | Vējove |
Vocative | Vējovis |
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References edit
- “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.