Middle English Dictionary Entry
Jūpiter n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Jūpiter n. Also juppiter & jubiter, jubiterus. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The god Jupiter; (b) astron. the planet Jupiter; (c) alch. the metal tin.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13905 : We habbeð godes gode. þe feorðe hæh [Otho: hatte] Jupiter [Otho: Jubiter].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2428 : 'Oure bileue,' quaþ þis oþer, 'in þe heye godes is ido: Saturnus & Iubiter [vr. Iupiter] & alle þe oþere al so.'
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.51 : Olympiades beþ playes i-ordeyned vnder þe hille Olympus in worschepe of Iubiter.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1532 : Þis ymage he made here Jn þe honoure of Jubiter.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.233 : By the goddesse Mynerve And Jupiter [vr. Iuppiter], that maketh the thondre rynge..Ye ben the womman..That I best love.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)79a : Jubiter. Þei clepiden barnabas iubiter, actus fourtenþe cap.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)83/35 : False goddes ȝe wirchipe..To Bacus ȝe offere a gayte..To Iubiter, a Bulle.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)656,659 : Minerva..was engendred wiþ gin of Jubiterus hede..Þe jaudewin Jubiter joiful ȝe holde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)49.52 : We han foure Goddis..Mahownd and Termagaunt..Anothir hihte Iubiter and Appolyn.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)420 : Saturnus is al a-boue and Iupiter [Hrl:Wright: Jubiter] sethþe next..and sethþe þe sonne is, Venus sethþe, þe clere steorre.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2437 : Planetes yliche clere sterren seuene as ȝe seþ: Saturnus & Iubiter [vr. Iupiter]..& þe Mone lowest is.
- c1350 Ye þat be bi comen (Rwl D.939)p.351 : Þenne comeþ Jupiter, he is best of alle.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)32/10 : This maner of equacioun is for saturnus, Juppiter, mars, & venus.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2472 : The Led after Satorne groweth, And Jupiter the Bras bestoweth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.909 : The sexte Planete of the sevene, Stant Jupiter the delicat.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1155 : To Jupiter his hous is fre, Bot to Mercurie in his degre, For thei ben noght of on assent, He worcheth gret empeirement.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)108b/b : Þe westrene triplicite haþ Saturnus, Mercurius, & Jubiter.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)112b/b : Jupiter is an godeliche planete, hote & moist.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)44b/a : Vniuersale doyng was disposicion of a certane coniunccioun of þe 3 vpper planetez, s. saturnus, Iubiter [*Ch.(2): Jupiter; L Jouis], & mars.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)161a/b : And bi it [the moon] in moiste signes..fre fro yuel planetez or aspectez, noȝt aspected of Iubiter.
- c1450 Metham Palm.(Gar 141)86/21 : To yche off this fyngyrrys ther ys a planete longyng: Saturne longyth to lengest fynger..Jubyter to the schewyng fyngyr.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)48a/a : The 6 spere is clepid Celum Jouis, in which regneþ Jubiter.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)48b/a : Þe vij planetis þat is to seye Sol, luna, Mars, Mercurie, Jubiter, Venus, Saturnus.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)90/15 : Saturn haldys þe erthe, Mercury þe water, Iubiter þe eyr.
- a1500(1426) Lydg.Hen.VI TP (Hrl 7333)303 : Iubiter in þe Sagittary Seven degres wher he is dignified.
c
- [ a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.343 : Iubiter, id est, stagnum. ]
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.828 : Sol gold is..Saturnus leed, and Iuppiter [vrr. Iubiter, Iupiter] is tyn.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)8/20 : This water forsoþe is so strong, þat if a litil drope þerof falle vpon ȝoure hond, anoon it wole perce it þoruȝ-out; and in þe same maner it wole do, if it falle vpon a plate of venus or Iubiter, into þis watir, it turneþ hem into lijknes of peerl.
- c1475 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.488 : The boke that tretith of the baptym of Saturne, Jubiter, and Venus shewith howe that saturne may be turnyd into lune and Jubiter into white sol..by the mene of a water that is 7 times sharper..than ever was any vineger.
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.1.325 : To makyd goude wyth Iubiter, he most ben in mixture, and sol of hym then most have the cure.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Ashm.750 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 750) 250/22 : ℞ .iiij. vnc of fyn Jubyter.
Note: Additional quote, sense (c).