Diovis
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English
Diovis Diovis N M :: Jupiter; (Italian sky god); (supreme being); heavens/sky (poetic)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dĭŏvis: or Dĭjŏvis, is, m. collat. form of Iovis, old nom. for later Iuppiter, q. v.; cf. Diespiter,
I the old Italian name for Juppiter, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.; Gell. 5, 12, 1 and 6; Inscr. in Bullet. del Inst. 1846.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Dĭŏvis, v. Dijovis.
Latin > German (Georges)
Diovis (Diiovis), is, m. (nach G.F. Grotefend [Rudim. L. Umbr. 3. § 25] umbrische Grundform v. Iovis = Iuppiter), altitalischer (umbrischer) Name Jupiters, Varro LL. 5, 66. Gell. 5, 12. § 1 u. 6. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 57. 188. 638. 1435. Vgl. Preller in Abh. der sächs. Gesellsch. d.W. 1855. S. 202 ff. (über Veiovis u. Diiovis).
