Jupiter (mythology) practice of swearing by Jove to witness an oath in law courts is the origin of the expression "by Jove!"—archaic, but still in use. The name of the god was also adopted as the name of the planet Jupiter; the adjective "jovial" originally described those born under the planet of Jupiter (reputed to be jolly, optimistic, and buoyant in temperament). Jove was the original namesake of Latin forms of the weekday now known in English as Thursday (originally called "Iovis Dies" in Latin). These became "jeudi" in French, "jueves" in Spanish, "joi" in Romanian, "giovedì" in Italian, "dijous" in Catalan,
Operation Jove 1969, Portuguese listening services captured the information of the passage of an important column with war material, in which Nino Vieira, at the same time the mythical commander of the Southern Front, was displaced, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese forces in Guinea assigned to the Battalion of Parachute Hunters n.12, the mission to intercept the guerrillas. Two parachute companies were transported by plane from Bissau to Aldeia Formosa in the South on 16 November, and from there the men were placed on the ground by helicopter. The ambush was set up on 17 November, with seventy men on a