LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinethird declension

Iuppiter

Iuppiter m (genitive Iovis)
Classical[ˈjʊp.pɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈjup.pi.ter]

Meaning

  1. RomanmasculineJupiter (god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon)
    Nē Iuppiter quidem omnibus placet.Not even Jupiter pleases everyone.
  2. masculineJupiter (planet)
  3. masculinepoeticthe sky
  4. masculinetin

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeIuppiterIovēs
genitiveIovis
♃is, ♃vis		Iovum
dativeIovī
♃ī, ♃vī		Iovibus
accusativeIovem
♃em, ♃vem		Iovēs
ablativeIove
♃e, ♃ve		Iovibus
vocativeIuppiterIovēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ludos facere, edere (Iovi)
to give public games in honour of Jupiter.

Jūppĭter (Jūpĭter; in all good MSS. double
I. p; v. Wagner, Orthogr. Vergl. s. h. v.), Jŏvis (nom. Jovis, Enn. ap. App. de Deo Socr. p. 42; Ann. v. 64 Vahl.), m. Jovis-pater; Jovis for Djovis, kindred to Sanscr. dyō, splendere; Gr. Ζεύς; cf. Bopp. Gloss. p. 177, a, Jupiter or Jove, a son of Saturn, brother and husband of Juno, the chief god among the Romans; corresp. to the Gr. Ζεύς, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 89; Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 64; 3, 21, 53: Juppiter pater, old formula ap. Liv. 1, 18 ext.: Jovis satelles, the eagle, Cic. Div. 1, 47, 106; so, Jovis ales, Ov. A. A. 3, 420.—As the god of omens, etc.: te prodigiali Iovi conprecatam oportuit, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 108.—Prov.: Jovem lapidem jurare, said of one who swore by Jupiter (holding in one hand a knife with which he pierced the sacrificial sow, and in the other hand a stone); of gossips: sciunt quod Juno fabulata'st cum Jove, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 171; Paul. ex Fest. s v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; Gell. 1, 21, 4.—In plur.: Varro trecentos Joves (sive Juppiteres dicendum) introducit, Tert. Apol. 14; and, trop.: repente ut emoriantur humani Joves, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 26: Joves quoque plures in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42.—
II. Transf.
A. As the god of heaven, his name is freq. used by the poets as i. q. Heaven, sky, air: aspice hoc sublimen candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65: Chrysippus disputat, aethera esse eum, quem homines Jovem appellarent, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 40: sub Jove frigido, Hor. C. 1, 1, 25: malus, id. ib. 1, 22, 20: metuendus, i. e. pluvius, Verg. G. 2, 419: hibernus, Stat. Th. 3, 26: sub Jove pars durat, in the open air, Ov. F. 3, 527: loci, the temperature, id. M. 13, 707.—
B. Juppiter Stygius, i. e. Pluto, Verg. A. 4, 638; cf. terrestris, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 20; of the planet Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 2, 20; Luc. 10, 207.—
C. As an exclamation of surprise, i. q. our My heavens! good heavens! Juppiter! estne illic Charinus? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 24.

Origins

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).

Elsewhere
  • CatalanJúpiter
  • EnglishJupiter
  • FrenchJupiter
  • GermanJupiter
  • EnglishJovefrom Middle English Joves
  • PortugueseJúpiter
  • RomanianJupiter
  • SpanishJúpiter
  • AfrikaansJupiter
  • Arabicجُوبِيتَر
Italo-Romance
  • ItalianGiove
  • MalteseĠovèfrom Italian Giove
Chinese
  • Mandarin朱庇特
  • Cantonese朱庇特

In English words that came into English from Iuppiter

  • jovialIoviālis

Quick answers

What does Iuppiter mean in Latin?
Iuppiter, a proper noun, means “Jupiter (god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon); Jupiter (planet); the sky”.
What is the genitive of Iuppiter?
The genitive singular is Iovis. Iuppiter is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Iuppiter?
In classical Latin, [ˈjʊp.pɪ.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjup.pi.ter].