Jupiter 
Jupiter
Definition
Ju·pi·ter (jo̵̅o̅′pit ər)
noun
- Rom. Myth. the chief deity, god of thunder and the skies: identified with the Greek Zeus
- the largest planet of the solar system and the fifth in distance from the sun: it has a ring composed of microscopic dustlike particles: diameter, c. 142,980 km (c. 88,850 mi); period of revolution, 11.86 earth years; period of rotation, 9.92 hours; 62 satellites; symbol, ♃
Etymology: L Juppiter, orig. a voc. < bases of Jovis, Jove & pater, father
Jupiter
Usage Examples
Noun used with modifier
- paddler: But the saddest victim of the new car ferry was the handsome 1937 paddler JUPITER.
Jupiter Quotes
Iuppiter ex alto periuria ridet amantum. Jupiter from above laughs at lovers'perjuries.
It was at Rome, on the fifteenth of October1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the City first started to my mind.
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