Jove
See also: jove
English
Etymology
From Latin Iove (ablative singular case of Iuppiter), from Proto-Italic *djowe-, ablative case of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
Proper noun
Jove
- (Roman mythology) Jupiter, god of the sky.
- 1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, OCLC 520624543, page 51:
- BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove’s roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]
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Latin
Middle English
References
- “Jove (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
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