adiuro
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ad- (“near, at; towards, to”) + iūrō (“swear by oath”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /adˈi̯uː.roː/, [äd̪ˈi̯uːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈju.ro/, [äd̪ˈjuːro]
Verb edit
adiūrō (present infinitive adiūrāre, perfect active adiūrāvī, supine adiūrātum); first conjugation
- (with accusative, accusative + infinitive, or ut) to swear to, confirm by an oath; swear in addition to
- (Late Latin) to conjure, adjure, beg earnestly
- (Late Latin) to exorcise
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References edit
- “adiuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers