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Webster 1913 Edition


Jupiter

Ju′pi-ter

,
Noun.
[L., fr.
Jovis pater
. See
Jove
.]
1.
(Rom. Myth.)
The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jupiter

JU'PITER

,
Noun.
[L. the air or heavens; Jovis pater.]
1.
The supreme deity among the Greeks and Romans.
2.
One of the superior planets, remarkable for its brightness. Its diameter is about eighty-nine thousand miles; its distance from the sun, four hundred and ninety millions of miles, and its revolution round the sun a little less than twelve years.

Definition 2024


Júpíter

Júpíter

See also: jupiter, Jupiter, Júpiter, and Jüpiter

Icelandic

Proper noun

Júpíter m

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

Declension