LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

iussus1

iussus m (genitive iussūs)
Classical[ˈjʊs.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈjus.sus]

Meaning

  1. masculineorder, command, decree, ordinance

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiussusiussūs
genitiveiussūsiussuum
dativeiussuīiussibus
accusativeiussumiussūs
ablativeiussūiussibus
vocativeiussusiussūs

jussus, ūs (used only in
I. abl. sing.), m. jubeo, an order, command, decree (class.): tuo jussu profectus sum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 50: Jovis jussu venio, id. Am. prol. 19: vestro jussu coactus, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 26: aut ab regibus lecti aut post reges exactos jussu populi, Liv. 4, 4, 7: sine populi jussu, Sall. C. 29, 3: Romano jussu, Val. Max. 9, 2, 4: Timotheus populi jussu bellum gessit, Nep. Timoth. 4: Neronis, Juv. 10, 15: patris dominive negotium gerere, Gai. Inst. 4, 70.

Origins

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”).

verbfirst/second-declension participle
iussus2
iussus (feminine iussa, neuter iussum)
Classical[ˈjʊs.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈjus.sus]

Meaning

  1. participlecommanded, ordered, mandated; having been ordered, etc.
    “‘[...] 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.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.606–607

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

iussa (usually only in plur.), imperata facere
to carry out orders

jussus, a, um, Part., from jubeo.

Origins

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”).

In English words that came into English from iussus

  • jussiveiussus

Quick answers

What does iussus mean in Latin?
iussus, a noun, means “order, command, decree, ordinance”.
What is the genitive of iussus?
The genitive singular is iussūs. iussus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce iussus?
In classical Latin, [ˈjʊs.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈjus.sus].