iubere

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin iubēre (“to command, order”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈju.be.re/
Rhymes: -ubere
Hyphenation: iù‧be‧re

Verb edit

iùbere (third-person only, third-person singular present iùbe, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive)

(literary, archaic) to command, order
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XII, page 212, lines 10–12:
  Come si volgon per tenera nube ¶ due archi paralleli e concolori, ¶ quando Iunone a sua ancella iube
  And as are spanned athwart a tender cloud ¶ two rainbows parallel and like in colour/color, ¶ when Juno to her handmaid gives command

Usage notes edit

The verb is only attested in its third-person present indicative form, iùbe.

Related terms edit

iussivo

Anagrams edit

ubiere

Latin edit

Verb edit

iubēre

inflection of iubeō:
1. present active infinitive
2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative