Latin

Alternative forms

• jubeō

Verb

iubeō ‎(present infinitive iubēre, perfect active iussī, supine iussum); second conjugation

1. I command, order

   Cur non illam huc transferri iubes?

   Why don't you command her to be brought over hither?

Inflection

Synonyms

• imperō, mandō, praecipiō

Derived terms

• iussiō
• iussus

References

• jubeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iubeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • to greet a person: aliquem salvere iubere (Att. 4. 14)
    
  • I bid you good-bye, take my leave: te valere iubeo
    
  • to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)
    
  • to reject a bill: legem antiquare (opp. accipere, iubere)
    
  • to ratify a law (used of the people): legem iubere
    
  • to declare a law valid: legem ratam esse iubere
    
  • the law orders, forbids (expressly, distinctly): lex iubet, vetat (dilucide, planissime)
    
  • to banish a man from his native land: e patria exire iubere aliquem
    
  • the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
    
  • good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
    

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill