Veiovis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.jo.wis/, [ˈweː.jɔ.wɪs]

Proper noun

Vēiovis m (genitive Vēiovis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

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

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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