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 (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 ==== == 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): [ˈweː.jɔ.wɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.jo.vis] === Proper noun === Vējovis m sg (genitive Vējovis); third declension (religion) alternative spelling of Vēiovis (“Vejove, an old Italic Roman god; literally Anti-Jove”) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only. === 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.