Vejovis

English

Alternative forms

• Vediovis
• 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

1. (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

Translations

Translations

• Romani:

  Latin: Veiovis

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.i̯o.u̯is/, [ˈu̯eːi̯ou̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.jo.vis/, [ˈvɛːjovis]

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

• 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.