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Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin iovesō, from Proto-Italic *jowezāō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.
Pronunciation
Verb
iūrō (present infinitive iūrāre, perfect active iūrāvī, supine iūrātum); first conjugation
- to confirm formally, to pronounce enforceably, to swear, to vow, to take an oath
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.425–426:
- “Nōn ego cum Danaīs Troiānam exscindere gentem
Aulide iūrāvī, classemve ad Pergama mīsī, .”- “I never swore the Grecian oath at Aulis to destroy the Trojan race, nor did I send warships against Pergamum, .”
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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Descendants
References
- “juro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iuro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
- to swear obedience to a law: in legem iurare (Sest. 16. 37)
- (ambiguous) to give the state a constitution: civitati leges, iudicia, iura describere
- (ambiguous) anarchy reigns supreme: omnia divina humanaque iura permiscentur (B. C. 1. 6. 8)
- (ambiguous) to trample all law under foot: omnia iura pervertere