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iussu

iussu is a Latin form of iussus, meaning “command, order (iussu, by order)”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 271 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.3.1: … negotiandi causa ibi constiterant, in his Gaium Fufium Citam, honestum equitem Romanum, qui rei frumentariae iussu Caesaris praeerat, interficiunt bonaque eorum diripiunt.

Plautus, Amphitruo prologue.pr.19: Iovis iússu venio, nomen Mercurio est mihi.

All forms of iussus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.