giure
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin iūre, form of iūs (“law”, “right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéw-os, from the root *h₂yew- (“justice”, “law”).
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Noun edit
giure m (plural giuri or (archaic) giura f)
- (literary, law) law, jurisprudence
- Synonym: gius
- c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven][1], lines 4–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Chi dietro a iura e chi ad amforismi
sen giva, e chi seguendo sacerdozio,
e chi regnar per forza o per sofismi- One after laws and one to aphorisms was going, and one following the priesthood, and one to reign by force or sophistry
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
giure f
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Determiner edit
giure
- Alternative form of your