JOVE

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• JOVE (noun)
  The noun JOVE has 1 sense:

1. (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus

  Familiarity information: JOVE used as a noun is very rare.

• JOVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jove; Jupiter

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

Instance hyponyms:

Jupiter Fulgur; Jupiter Fulminator; Lightning Hurler; Jupiter Tonans; Thunderer; Jupiter Pluvius; Rain-giver; Best and Greatest; Jupiter Optimus Maximus; Jupiter Fidius; Protector of Boundaries (an epithet for Jupiter)

 Context examples 

‘By Jove!’ cried my client. ‘That’s Brunton’s muffler.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Jove! this won't do,” cried Tom, throwing himself into a chair with a hearty laugh.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“By Jove!” he cried. “You don’t mean that Baynes has got him?”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Jove, Watson, I’ve got it!” he cried. “Take your hat! Come with me!”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By Jove! See, here is the mark of a little one!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"By Jove, she has taste!" exclaimed Henry Lynn.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

By Jove, no more do I. It is not my way to bother my brains with what does not concern me.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"By Jove, she's forgotten her dinner!" cried the unconscious youth, poking the scarlet monster into its place with his cane, and preparing to hand out the basket after the old lady.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“By Jove, Peterson!” said he, “this is treasure trove indeed. I suppose you know what you have got?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Jove, I’d take him on myself if my position was different,” said the Prince, whose face was growing redder and his eyes more glazed.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)