Dijovis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Diovis, Diiovis
• Iovis, Jovis (Classical Latin, Late Latin)

Etymology

Old Latin from Proto-Italic *djous, *djowes (“day, sky; Jove”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky god”, literally “the bright one”) from *dyew- (“to be bright, day sky”). Combining the root with the title Pater (“Father”) forms Old Latin Diēspiter (“Jupiter”, literally “Father Jove”) whence the nominative and vocative of later forms of Dijovis are derived by analogous formation (cf. Iuppiter, Iovis). Related to diēs, dīvus, dīus, Diāna, deus. Cognates include Doric Greek Δεύς (Deús), Attic Greek Ζεύς (Zeús)—the Greek god to whom Roman Dijovis is later equated.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdii̯.i̯o.u̯is/, [ˈd̪ɪi̯ːou̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.jo.vis/, [ˈd̪iːjovis]

Proper noun

Dijovis m (genitive Dijovis); third declension

1. (Old Latin, religion) Alternative form of Diovis (“the Old Italic name for Jove”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Dijovis	Dijovēs
Genitive	Dijovis	Dijovum
Dative	Dijovī	Dijovibus
Accusative	Dijovem	Dijovēs
Ablative	Dijove	Dijovibus
Vocative	Dijovis	Dijovēs

See also

• Diēspiter, Iuppiter (“Jupiter, Jove”)
• Vēdiovis, Vēiovis (“Vejove”, literally “Anti-Jove”)
• Vēdīus

References

• “Dijovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Dijovis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.