Dĭŏvis or Dĭjŏvis, is, m. [collat. form of Iovis, old nom. for later Iuppiter, q. v.; cf. Diespiter],
the old Italian name for Juppiter , acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.; Gell. 5, 12, 1 and 6; Inscr. in Bullet. del Inst. 1846.