iussus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *jussos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyudʰ-tó-s, perfect passive participle of *Hyewdʰ- (“moving erect, upright”). Perfect passive participle of iubeō (“to command, authorize, make lawful”). Compare Sanskrit युद्ध (yuddhá, “fight, war, battle”).

Participle

iussus (feminine iussa, neuter iussum); first/second-declension participle

  1. commanded, ordered, mandated; having been ordered, etc.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.606–607:
      “‘ Tū nē qua parentis / iussa timē, neu praeceptīs pārēre recūsā.’”
      “‘You, – That which parent has ordered, fear not, nor refuse to obey has instructed.’”
      (Aeneas recalls the words of his mother, Venus.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative iussus iussa iussum iussī iussae iussa
Genitive iussī iussae iussī iussōrum iussārum iussōrum
Dative iussō iussō iussīs
Accusative iussum iussam iussum iussōs iussās iussa
Ablative iussō iussā iussō iussīs
Vocative iusse iussa iussum iussī iussae iussa

Noun

iussus m (genitive iussūs); fourth declension

  1. order, command, decree, ordinance
    Synonyms: ēdictum, ēdictiō, praeceptum, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iussus iussūs
Genitive iussūs iussuum
Dative iussuī iussibus
Accusative iussum iussūs
Ablative iussū iussibus
Vocative iussus iussūs

References

  • “iussus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iussus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to carry out order: iussa (usually only in plur.), imperata facere
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