Jove!..とは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /d͡ʒəʊv/
• (米国発音) IPA: /d͡ʒoʊv/
• 韻: -əʊv

固有名詞

Jove

1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter, god of the sky.
   • 1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, →OCLC, page 51:

     BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove’s roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]

2. (astronomy, archaic) Jupiter
3. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Tin.

間投詞

Jove

1. An expression of surprise or amazement.
   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page xxiii. 177:

     "I promise to take care of myself. Yes; I won't take any risks. Not a single blessed risk. Of course not. I mean to hang out. Don't worry. Jove! I feel as though nothing could touch me. Why! this is luck from the word Go."

派生語

• by Jove
• Jovian