Veiovis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

vē- (“not, anti-”) +‎ Iovis (“Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous (“day, sky; Jove”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky god”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vēiovis m sg (genitive Vēiovis); third declension

  1. (religion) Vejovis, an ancient Roman deity considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vēiovis
Genitive Vēiovis
Dative Vēiovī
Accusative Vēiovem
Ablative Vēiove
Vocative Vēiovis

See also

References

  • “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
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