Veiovis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vēdiovis
• Vēive
• Vēdīus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• Diovis, Iovis (“Jove”)

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