a Roman surname of Jupiter. describing him as staying the Romans in their flight from an enemy, and generally as preserving the existing order of things. (Liv. 1.12, 10.37; Cic. Cat. 1.13; Flor. 1.1; Senec. De Benef. 4.7; Plin. Nat. 2.53; August. De Civ. Dei, 3.13.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890