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Vējovis, Vējovis

(Vēdiovis, Vēdiovis)

(Vēdiiovis, Vēdiiovis)

2. ve and Jov; cf. Juppiter; prop. antiJove

noun (m., 3^rd pure I-stem declension)

an Etruscan divinity, a god of the under world, whose power to injure corresponded to the power of Jupiter to help
worshipped at Rome, where his temple stood in the hollow between the Arx and the Capitol
he was sometimes identified with Apollo

Abbreviations

Vējovis, Vēdiovis, or Vēdiiovis, is, m. 2. ve and Jov-; cf. Juppiter; prop. anti-Jove, an Etruscan divinity, a god of the under world, whose power to injure corresponded to the power of Jupiter to help; worshipped at Rome, where his temple stood in the hollow between the Arx and the Capitol; he was sometimes identified with Apollo; v. Preller, Rom. Myth. p. 235; form Vejovis, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62; Amm. 17, 10, 2; Mart. Cap. 1, § 58; 2, § 167; Macr. S. 3, 9.

—Form Vediovis, Ov. F. 3, 430; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, § 74 Mull.; Inscr. Orell. 1287; cf. Kal. Praenest., Mens. Jan. 1 and Mens. Mart. 7 ap. Orell. Inscr. 2, pp. 382, 386.

—Form Vediiovis, Gell. 5, 12, 11.

— With a fanciful comment on the etymology, identified with the infant Jupiter, Ov. F. 3, 447; Paul. ex Fest. p. 379 Mull.; cf. also Vedius.