Definition of Juno

Definition of Juno

Juno, a Roman goddess, the wife of Jupiter, and the queen of heaven, corresponding to the Hera (q. v.) of the Greeks; the impersonation of womanhood, and the special protectress of the rights of women, especially married women, and bore the names of Virginalis and Matrona. She was the patroness of household and even state economy. See Zeus.

- Wikipedia

Ju"no (jū"n&osl;), n.; pl. Junos (-n&osl;z). [L.]

1. (Rom. Myth.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.

Sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes.

Shak.

2. (Astron.) One of the early discovered asteroids.

Bird of Juno, the peacock.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The Roman equivalent of the Greeks' Hera, queen of the gods.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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