Definition of Jupiter Fulminator

1. Noun. An epithet for Jupiter.

Exact synonyms: Jupiter Fulgur, Lightning Hurler
Generic synonyms: Jove, Jupiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jupiter Fulminator

Juniperus virginiana
Junker
Junkers
Juno
Juno Moneta
Junod
Junod's boot
Junoesque
Junonian
Jupati palm
Jupiter
Jupiter's beard
Jupiter's staff
Jupiter Fidius
Jupiter Fulgur
Jupiter Fulminator (current term)
Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Jupiter Pluvius
Jupiter Tonans
Jura
Jurchen
Juretzko
Jurgen
Jurie
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctors

Literary usage of Jupiter Fulminator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale by Yale University, Jonathan Edwards (1880)
"X Jupiter Fulminator riding to r. in a quadriga; above a lituus and below the inscrip. M. SO; in ex. ..."

2. The Origin of Thought and Speech by E. Moncalm, G. S. Whitmarsh (1905)
"... the lightning, and the thunder, those who inhabited Italy replied that rain came from Jupiter Pluvius, the lightning from Jupiter fulminator and ..."

3. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by William Henry Smyth (1856)
"Respecting the reverse, he says, " but that the type of Jupiter Fulminator is frequent with consuls, I should have thought it an allusion to the name ..."

4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"... dedicated to Jupiter Fulminator, ot which we discover only the extremity, remarkable for the richness of the entablature and of the capitals. ..."

5. The Political Philosophy of Modern Shintō: A Study of the State Religion of by Daniel Clarence Holtom (1922)
"Like Jupiter Fulminator and other sky-fathers, Izanagi was equipped with a striking weapon which had its origin in ancient experiences with the thunderstorm ..."

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