Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. A. 4, 166.—B. Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147; or, Averna, Ov. M. 14, 114; or, profunda, Claud. Proserp. 1, 2; or, Stygia, Stat. Th. 4, 526.—II. Esp. in phrases; stella Junonis,
the planet Venus
, Plin. 2, 8, 6, 37: urbs Junonis, i. e.
Argos
, Ov. H. 14, 28: per Junonem matrem familias jurare, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.: Junonis sacra ferre, i. e.
to walk at a slow and measured pace
, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—B. Comically transf.: mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi, i. e.
my wife
, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.: ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence, 1. Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno: tempus, i. e.
the month of June
, Ov. F. 6, 63.—2. Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno (poet.): Adde Junonicolas Faliscos, Ov. F. 6, 49.—3. Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—4. Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian (poet.): hospitia, i. e.
Carthage, where Juno was worshipped
, Verg. A. 1,671; so, Samos, Ov. M. 8, 220: ales, i. e.