iussus

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, [my son] – That which [your divine] parent has ordered, fear not, nor refuse to obey [what she] has instructed.’”
     (Aeneas recalls the words of his mother, Venus.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	iussus	iussa	iussum		iussī	iussae	iussa
genitive	iussī	iussae	iussī		iussōrum	iussārum	iussōrum
dative	iussō	iussae	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.

	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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to carry out order: iussa (usually only in plur.), imperata facere