iussus Latin · revision 30869

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *Hyewdʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈjʊs.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈjus.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iussus''' ''m'' (genitive iussūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is used only in the ablative singular, ''iussū''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|iubeō|t=to order]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces the verb to [[itc-pro|*jouþ-eje/o-]] and the causative [[ine-pro|*Hyowdʰ-éye-|t=to cause to move]], so that “set in motion” became “order”; cognate with [[grc|ὑσμίνη|tr=husmínē|t=battle]] and [[lt|judėti|t=to move]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Amphitruo'': ''Iovis iussū veniō'', “I come at Jupiter's bidding”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means bidding or command, nearly always as ''iussū'' with a possessive or a genitive: ''tuō iussū profectus sum'', “I set out on your orders” (Plautus), ''vestrō iussū'', “by your command” (Cicero).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses ''iussū'' “by command, order or decree”, and it recurs in the early medieval law codes.^(Stelten 1995)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the bidding of Jupiter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the command of the people.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(only ablative)'' Bidding, [[m|en|command]], order, ''iussū'' with a genitive, by order of.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iubeō]]

+ * [[iniussū]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Iussus'' is also the past participle of [[iubeō]], “ordered”, and its neuter ''iussum'' is the usual noun for “a command”.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

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