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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la iūs}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūstē''' (comparative iūstius, superlative iūstissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iūstus|-ē|t1=just, lawful]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|iūstus]] from [[m|la|iūs|t=law, right]], whose old form is seen in the Forum inscription's ⟨iouestod⟩, and traces [[m|la|iūs]] to an s-stem [[itc-pro|*jowos]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of deeds done with the best of reasons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Cicero as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means in accordance with the law, as Cicero speaks of accusing someone lawfully and dutifully, and in accordance with justice, rightfully or deservedly.^(OLD 2012) It is also justifiably, with good reason, and in a spirit of justice, uprightly, as when Cicero asks whether living justly is useful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius uses it of the full prescribed term, of babies carried the full time in the womb.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of deeds rightly done.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of lawful accusation and of just living.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of the full term of pregnancy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|lawfully|alt=Lawfully]], legitimately.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Rightfully, deservedly; with good reason.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|justly|alt=Justly]], uprightly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Fully, to the prescribed extent.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}