Under the influence of Jupiter, the planet. --The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets.

Gay; merry; airy; joyous; jolly; as a jovial youth; a jovial throng.

Expressive of mirth and hilarity. His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral, the rest are jovial or bacchanalian.