section_path: Name and symbol
section_name: Name and symbol
paragraph_text: Name and symbol
  
  In both the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, Jupiter was named after the chief god of the divine pantheon: Zeus to the Greeks and Jupiter to the Romans. The International Astronomical Union formally adopted the name Jupiter for the planet in 1976, and has since named its newly discovered satellites for the god's lovers, favourites, and descendants. The planetary symbol for Jupiter,, descends from a Greek zeta with a horizontal stroke, ⟨ Ƶ ⟩, as an abbreviation for Zeus.
  
  In Latin, Iovis is the genitive case of Iuppiter, i.e. Jupiter. It is associated with the etymology of Zeus ('sky father'). The English equivalent, Jove, is only known to have come into use as a poetic name for the planet around the 14th century.
  
  Jovian is the adjectival form of Jupiter. The older adjectival form jovial, employed by astrologers in the Middle Ages, has come to mean 'happy' or 'merry', moods ascribed to Jupiter's influence in astrology.
  
  The original Greek deity Zeus supplies the root zeno-, which is used to form some Jupiter-related words, such as zenographic.