Iuppiter
Latin

Etymology
The nominative Iuppiter, for Iūpiter (with shift of the length from vowel to consonant per the "littera" rule), comes from the vocative combined with pater, and essentially meant "father Jove"; from Proto-Italic *djous patēr, from *djous (“day, sky”) + *patēr (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (literally “the bright one”), root nomen agentis from *dyew- (“to be bright, day sky”), and *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cognate with Umbrian 𐌉𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓 (iupater), and in other branches of Indo-European Sanskrit द्यौष्पितृ (dyáuṣ-pitṛ́), Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “o father Zeus”). Equivalent to diēs (cf. Iovis) + pater.
The oblique cases Iov-, Iovis continue the inflection of Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Cognates are Latin diēs (originating from the accusative case of *djous) and Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯up.pi.ter/, [ˈi̯ʊpːɪt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈjup.pi.ter/, [ˈjupːit̪er]
Proper noun
Iuppiter m (genitive Iovis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Iuppiter | Iovēs |
Genitive | Iovis | Iovum |
Dative | Iovī | Iovibus |
Accusative | Iovem | Iovēs |
Ablative | Iove | Iovibus |
Vocative | Iuppiter | Iovēs |
Derived terms
- dies Iovis
- ioviālis
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: Jupiter
- → Arabic: جُوبِيتَر (jūbītar)
- → Armenian: Յուպիտեր (Yupiter)
- Asturian: Xúpiter
- → Azerbaijani: Yupiter
- → Bashkir: Юпитер (Yupiter)
- → Basque: Jupiter
- → Bulgarian: Юпи́тер (Jupíter)
- Catalan: Júpiter
- → Chinese:
- → Cornish: Jubyter, Yow
- → Czech: Jupiter
- → Dutch: Jupiter
- → English: Jupiter, Jove
- → Esperanto: Jupitero
- → Estonian: Jupiter
- → Finnish: Juppiter, Jupiter
- Franco-Provençal: Jupitèr
- French: Jupiter
- Galician: Xúpiter
- → German: Jupiter
- → Hungarian: Jupiter
- → Icelandic: Júpíter
- → Indonesian: Yupiter
- → Irish: Iúpatar
- Italian: Giove
- → Latvian: Jupiters
- → Lithuanian: Jupiteris
- → Macedonian: Јупитер (Jupiter)
- → Maltese: Ġovè
- → Old Ruthenian: Юпи́теръ (Jupíter), Упи́теръ (Upíter)
- → Persian: ژوپیتر (župiter)
- → Polish: Jowisz, Jupiter
- Portuguese: Júpiter
- → Romanian: Jupiter
- → Russian: Юпи́тер (Jupíter)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Jùpiter/Ју̀питер
- → Slovak: Jupiter
- → Slovene: Júpiter
- Spanish: Júpiter
- → Swedish: Jupiter
- → Tagalog: Hupiter
- → Turkish: Jüpiter
- → Tuvan: Юпитер (Yupiter)
- → Wolof: Yupiter
- → Yoruba: Júpítérì
- → Zulu: uJupitheri
References
- “Iuppiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers