iure Latin · revision 30834

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *h₂oi-u}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈjuː.rɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈjuː.re]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūre''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative singular of [[m|la|iūs|t=law, right]], used as an adverb: “by law, by right”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨iūs⟩ “law” (Old Latin ⟨ious⟩) from an s-stem ⟨*ieu̯os⟩, from [[ine-pro|*h₂oi-u|t=vital force, eternity]], cognate with [[sa|आयुस्|tr=ā́yus-|t=life, lifespan]] and [[ae|yaoš|t=life, health]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Twelve Tables: a thief who is killed at night ''iūre caesus estō'', “shall be held lawfully killed”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is legal: according to the law, rightfully.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus on it means with good reason, justly, deservedly (''iūre factum iūdicō'', “I judge it rightly done”), and Lucretius uses it of correct reasoning and language.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “justly, with justice”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables: ''iūre caesus estō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in the sense “justly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius in the sense “correctly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By law, [[m|en|lawfully]], rightfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With good reason, [[m|en|justly]], deservedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Correctly, properly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iūs]]

+ * [[iūstus]]

+ * [[iniūriā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}