iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussum

Definitions for iubēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to bid, order, command
English derivatives:
jussive

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(w. acc. of person and inf.) To order, tell (someone to do something); (also w. ellipsis of acc.). (b) (w. adv. as pred.). (c) (w. complete ellipsis of inf.). (d) (impers. pass.). (e) (w. acc. of person only) to order about, dictate to.
2
(w. acc. and inf. pass.) To order (something to be done).
3
(w. ut+subj., with or without acc. of person) To order (to), direct (that). (b) (w. subj. alone). (c) (w. dat. of person, on anal. of impero).
4
(w. acc. of thing, prob. orig. internal, later a true obj., sts. w. dat. of person) To enjoin or prescribe (tasks, etc.), demand (services or sim). (b) to designate in a command, appoint.
5
(of legislative assemblies) To decree, enact (esp. in the formula uelitis ~beatis, used in introducing a rogatio). (b) to appoint (a magistrate, etc.) by decree.

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Sentences with iubēre

Latin to English

Cīvitātis causā eum rapī iussērunt.Compare For the sake of the state they ordered him to be seized.

Iussit eōs venīre.Compare He ordered them to come.

Davus servos iubet canes ducere.Compare Davus orders the slaves to lead the dogs.

Nec dominam iubeo pretioso munere dones: parva, sed e parvis callidus apta dato.Compare Nor do I bid you give your mistress costly gifts; let them be small, but choose your small gifts.

Idus Martius adsum reus iubeo, qui dies novus magistratus ineo honor.Compare He ordered the defendant to be present on the Ides of March, on which day the new magistrates were about to enter upon their office.

Romulus Proculus dico sui deus sum, templumque sui dedico in is locus iubeo.Compare Romulus said to Proculus that he was a god, and commanded a temple to be dedicated to himself on that spot.

Is ita moderor cursus navis iubeo, ut idem tempus exercitus ostendo et classis portus intro.Compare He had been ordered so to regulate the course of the vessels, that the army might become visible and the fleet enter the harbour at the same time.

Conjugation table for iubēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
iubeō iubēs iubet iubēmus iubētis iubent	iubēbam iubēbās iubēbat iubēbāmus iubēbātis iubēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
iussī iussistī iussit iussimus iussistis iussērunt / iussēre	iusseram iusserās iusserat iusserāmus iusserātis iusserant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
iubēbō iubēbis iubēbit iubēbimus iubēbitis iubēbunt	iusserō iusseris iusserit iusserimus iusseritis iusserint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
iubeam iubeās iubeat iubeāmus iubeātis iubeant	iubērem iubērēs iubēret iubērēmus iubērētis iubērent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
iusserim iusseris iusserit iusserimus iusseritis iusserint	iussissem iussissēs iussisset iussissēmus iussissētis iussissent
Infinitive present iubēre Infinitive perfect iussisse Infinitive future iussūrum esse	Imperative present iubē iubēte Imperative future iubētō iubētō iubētōte iubentō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
iubeor iubēris iubētur iubēmur iubēminī iubentur	iubēbar iubēbāris / iubēbāre iubēbātur iubēbāmur iubēbāminī iubēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
iussus sum iussus es iussus est iussī sumus iussī estis iussī sunt	iussus eram iussus erās iussus erat iussī erāmus iussī erātis iussī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
iubēbor iubēberis / iubēbere iubēbitur iubēbimur iubēbiminī iubēbuntur	iussus erō iussus eris iussus erit iussī erimus iussī eritis iussī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
iubear iubeāris / iubeāre iubeātur iubeāmur iubeāminī iubeantur	iubērer iubērēris / iubērēre iubērētur iubērēmur iubērēminī iubērentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
iussus sim iussus sīs iussus sit iussī sīmus iussī sītis iussī sint	iussus essem iussus essēs iussus esset iussī essēmus iussī essētis iussī essent
Infinitive present iubērī Infinitive perfect iussum esse Infinitive future iussum īrī	Imperative present iubēre iubēminī Imperative future iubētor iubētor - iubentor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	iubēns	iubentēs
Gen.	iubentis	iubentium
Dat.	iubentī	iubentibus
Acc.	iubentem	iubentēs
Abl.	iubente	iubentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	iussūrus	iussūrī
Gen.	iussūrī	iussūrōrum
Dat.	iussūrō	iussūrīs
Acc.	iussūrum	iussūrōs
Abl.	iussūrō	iussūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	iussus	iussī
Gen.	iussī	iussōrum
Dat.	iussō	iussīs
Acc.	iussum	iussōs
Abl.	iussō	iussīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	iubendus	iubendī
Gen.	iubendī	iubendōrum
Dat.	iubendō	iubendīs
Acc.	iubendum	iubendōs
Abl.	iubendō	iubendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	iubēre	iussum
Gen.	iubendī	iussū
Dat.	iubendō
Acc.	iubendum
Abl.	iubendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 137.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 977.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 3, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/iubeo-iubere-iussi-iussum.