1. Jŏvĭus — Lewis & Short
Jŏvĭus, a, um, adj.Jovis,
I of or belonging to Jupiter:
nomen,Arn. 6, 194.
The corpus record — Latin
Jŏvĭus
Jŏvĭus · adj
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What it meant
2. Jŏvĭus — Lewis & Short
Jŏvĭus, ii, m.,
I a surname of the emperor Diocletian.—
II Derivv.
A Jŏ-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Diocletian:
cohors,a legion of honor instituted by Diocletian, Claud. B. Gild. 418.—
B Jŏ-vĭānus, a, um, adj., the same; hence, subst.: Jŏvĭāni, soldiers of Diocletian's legion of honor, Amm. 22, 3, 2 al.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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