Iuppiter

See also: iuppiter

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • The nominative Iuppiter, for Iūpiter (with shift of the length from vowel to consonant per the littera rule), comes from the vocative combined with pater, and essentially meant "father Jove"; from Proto-Italic *djous patēr, from *djous (day, sky) + *patēr (father), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (literally the bright one), root nomen agentis from *dyew- (to be bright, day sky), and *ph₂tḗr (father). Cognate with Umbrian 𐌉𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓 (iupater), and in other branches of Indo-European Sanskrit द्यौष्पितृ (dyáuṣ-pitṛ́), Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, o father Zeus). Equivalent to diēs (cf. Iovis) + pater. The oblique cases Iov-, Iovis continue the inflection of Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Cognates are Latin diēs (originating from the accusative case of *djous) and Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Iuppiter m (genitive Iovis); third declension

    1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon)
      Juppiter quidem omnibus placet.
      Not even Jupiter pleases everyone.
    2. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)
      Synonyms: Phaenōn, Phaëthōn
    3. (poetic) the sky.
    4. (alchemy, chemistry) tin

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative Iuppiter Iovēs
    genitive Iovis Iovum
    dative Iovī Iovibus
    accusative Iovem Iovēs
    ablative Iove Iovibus
    vocative Iuppiter Iovēs

    Derived terms

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    See also

    References

    • Iuppiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

    Middle English

    Proper noun

    Iuppiter

    1. alternative typography of Juppiter