Editing Jupiter (god) (section)

==== Epithets denoting functionality ====
Some epithets describe a particular aspect of the god, or one of his functions:
* '''Jove Aegiochus''', Jove "Holder of the Goat or Aegis", as the father of [[Aegipan]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusAstronomica.html |author=[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]] |title=Astronomica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601224218/http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusAstronomica.html |archive-date=1 June 2013 |translator=Mary Grant |at=pt.1, ch.2, sec.13}}</ref>
* '''Jupiter Caelus''', Jupiter as the sky or heavens; see also [[Caelus]].
* '''Jupiter Caelestis''', "Heavenly" or "Celestial Jupiter".
* '''Jupiter Elicius''', Jupiter "who calls forth [celestial omens]" or "who is called forth [by incantations]"; "sender of rain".
* '''Jupiter Feretrius''', who carries away the [[War looting|spoils of war]]". Feretrius was called upon to witness solemn oaths.<ref name="Der Große Brockhaus"/> The epithet or "[[numen]]" is probably connected with the verb ''ferire'', "to strike", referring to a ritual striking of ritual as illustrated in ''foedus ferire'', of which the ''silex'', a quartz rock, is evidence in his temple on the Capitoline hill, which is said to have been the first temple in Rome, erected and dedicated by [[Romulus]] to commemorate his winning of the ''spolia opima'' from Acron, king of the Caeninenses, and to serve as a repository for them. ''Iuppiter Feretrius'' was therefore equivalent to ''Iuppiter Lapis'', the latter used for a specially solemn oath.{{sfnp|Platner|Ashby|1929|p=293}} According to Livy I 10, 5 and Plutarch ''Marcellus'' 8 though, the meaning of this epithet is related to the peculiar frame used to carry the ''spolia opima'' to the god, the ''feretrum'', itself from verb ''fero'',
* '''Jupiter Centumpeda''', literally, "he who has one hundred feet"; that is, "he who has the power of establishing, of rendering stable, bestowing stability on everything", since he himself is the paramount of stability.
* '''Jupiter Fulgur''' ("Lightning Jupiter"), '''Fulgurator''' or '''Fulgens'''
* '''Jupiter Lucetius''' ("of the light"), an epithet almost certainly related to the light or flame of lightning bolts and not to daylight, as indicated by the Jovian verses of the [[carmen Saliare]].{{sfnp|Dumézil|1977|p=168}}{{efn|''cume tonas, Leucesie, prai ted tremonti...''.}}
* '''[[Jupiter Optimus Maximus]]''' ("the best and greatest"). ''Optumus''{{efn|''Optimus'' is a superlative formed on ''ops'' [ability to help], the ancient form is ''optumus'' from ''opitumus'', cf. the epithet ''Opitulus'' [The Helper].}} because of the benefits he bestows, ''Maximus'' because of his strength, according to Cicero ''Pro Domo Sua''.{{sfnp|Dumézil|1977|p=177}}
* '''Jupiter Pluvius''', "sender of rain".
* '''Jupiter Ruminus''', "breastfeeder of every living being", according to Augustine.<ref>St. Augustine, The City of God, Books 1–10, Pg 218</ref>
* '''Jupiter Stator''', from ''stare'', "to stand": "he who has power of founding, instituting everything", thence also he who bestows the power of resistance, making people, soldiers, stand firm and fast.<ref>St. Augustine, The City of God, Books 1–10</ref>
* '''[[Jupiter Summanus]]''', sender of nocturnal thunder
* '''[[Terminus (mythology)|Jupiter Terminalus]]''' or '''Iuppiter Terminus''', patron and defender of boundaries
* '''Jupiter Tigillus''', "beam or shaft that supports and holds together the universe."<ref name="Augustine CD VII 11">Augustine ''De Civitate Dei'' VII 11.</ref>
* '''[[Jupiter Tonans]]''', "thunderer"
* '''Jupiter Victor''', "he who has the power of conquering everything."<ref name="Augustine CD VII 11" />