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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂oi-u}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''iūrātus''' (feminine iūrāta, neuter iūrātum, superlative iūrātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)
+ It is also spelled ''jūrātus''.^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the participle of [[m|la|iūrō|t=to swear]], used in a middle sense, “having sworn”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains ⟨iūrō⟩ as a verb made from [[m|la|iūs|t=law, oath]], [[itc-pro|*jowes-ā-je-|t=to swear]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus has “being under oath, I see I must tell you whatever you ask” in the ''Asinaria'';^(OLD 2012) Köbler also gives Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is under oath to be truthful or impartial, and having pledged oneself to a course, as Plautus' cook who could not have found a worse one if he had sworn to look for him.^(OLD 2012) It is sworn to loyalty, as Statius' Theseus bound by oath to his friend, and in Cornelius Severus joined in a conspiracy, of Catiline's sworn bands.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Church Latin glosses it “bound by an oath”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin, as a noun, it is one who has sworn fealty, a member of a sworn commune, and a jurat, a member of a town's magistracy.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a man under oath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius of Theseus sworn to his friend.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Under [[m|en|oath|alt=oath]], sworn; pledged (to a course).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # Sworn to [[m|en|loyalty]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Joined in a conspiracy.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' One who has sworn fealty; a member of a sworn commune; a [[m|en|jurat]], town magistrate.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[iūrō]]
+ * [[iūs]]
+ * [[iūsiūrandum]]
+ * [[coniūrātus]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}