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^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iūs, -ris 'law'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-7
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “iūs, -ris 'broth, sauce'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
Further reading
“jūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“iūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
to administer justice (said of the praetor): ius dicere
to administer justice (said of the praetor): ius reddere (Liv. 3. 33)
to assert one's right: ius suum persequi
to obtain justice: ius suum adipisci (Liv. 1. 32. 10)
to maintain one's right: ius suum tenere, obtinere
to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere
to go to law with a person: (ex) iure, lege agere cum aliquo
to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour: summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)
to summon some one before the court: in ius, in iudicium vocare aliquem
a sound judicial system: aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)
to live with some one on an equal footing: aequo iure vivere cum aliquo
to reduce law to a system: ius ad artem redigere
absence of justice: ius nullum
to trample all law under foot: ius ac fas omne delere
against all law, human and divine: contra ius fasque
with full right: optimo iure
prerogative, privilege: ius praecipuum, beneficium, donum, also immunitas c. Gen.
to violate the law of nations: ius gentium violare
quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
quite rightly: et recte (iure) quidem
quite rightly: recte, iure id quidem
with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
with perfect right: iusto iure
legitimately; with the fullest right: optimo iure (cf. summo iure, sect. XV. 1).
(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
“ius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers