Jūno — Lewis & Short
Jūno, ōnis, f.,
I the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. A. 4, 166.—
B Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;
or, Averna,Ov. M. 14, 114;
or, profunda,Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;
or, Stygia,Stat. Th. 4, 526.—
II Esp. in phrases;
stella Junonis,the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:
urbs Junonis,i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:
per Junonem matrem familias jurare,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:
Junonis sacra ferre,i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—
B Comically transf.:
mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:
ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,
1 Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:
tempus,i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—
2 Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. Junocolo, a worshipper of Juno (poet.):
Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,Ov. F. 6, 49.—
3 Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. Juno-gigno, Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—
4 Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian (poet.):
hospitia,i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,
Samos,Ov. M. 8, 220:
ales,i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:
custos,i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:
mensis,i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:
Hebe,i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:
stella,the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:
insula,one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.