Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jupiter"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Jupiter
the principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was
worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was
identified with this god by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because
he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed
Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this god outside
the gates of Lystra (14:13).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jupiter \Ju"pi*ter\, n. [L., fr. Jovis pater. See {Jove}.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and
reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He
corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the brightest except
Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter
being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in
4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun,
the earth's mean distance being taken as unity.
{Jupiter's beard}. (Bot.)
(a) A South European herb, with cymes of small red
blossoms ({Centranthus ruber}).
(b) The houseleek ({Sempervivum tectorum}); -- so called
from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured
beard of Jove. --Prior.
(c) the cloverlike {Anthyllis Barba-Jovis}.
{Jupiter's staff} (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called
from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Jupiter
n 1: the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many
satellites [syn: {Jupiter}]
2: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of
Greek Zeus [syn: {Jupiter}, {Jove}]
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