Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From iūs (law) +‎ iūrandus (vowed).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

iūs iūrandum n (genitive iūris iūrandī); third declension

  1. an oath
    Synonyms: iūrāmentum, iūrandum
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.3:
      Hac oratione adducti inter se fidem et ius iurandum dant et regno occupato per tres potentissimos ac firmissimos populos totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant.
      Incited by this speech, they give a pledge and oath to one another, and hope that, when they have seized the sovereignty, they will, by means of the three most powerful and valiant nations, be enabled to obtain possession of the whole of Gaul.

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iūs iūrandum iūra iūranda
Genitive iūris iūrandī iūrum iūrandōrum
Dative iūrī iūrandō iūribus iūrandīs
Accusative iūs iūrandum iūra iūranda
Ablative iūre iūrandō iūribus iūrandīs
Vocative iūs iūrandum iūra iūranda