iussio

Latin

Alternative forms

• jussiō

Etymology

From iubeō (“to order, bid, tell, command [someone to do something]”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯us.si.oː/, [ˈi̯ʊs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjus.si.o/, [ˈjusːio]

Noun

iussiō f (genitive iussiōnis); third declension

1. (post-Classical) an order, a command

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iussiō	iussiōnēs
Genitive	iussiōnis	iussiōnum
Dative	iussiōnī	iussiōnibus
Accusative	iussiōnem	iussiōnēs
Ablative	iussiōne	iussiōnibus
Vocative	iussiō	iussiōnēs

Synonyms

• (an order, a command): ēdictum

References

• “jussĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iussio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)