iubere
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iubēre, present active infinitive of iubeō (“I command, order”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈju.be.re/, [ˈjuːber̺e]
- Stress: iùbere
- Hyphenation: iu‧be‧re
Verb
iubere
- (literary, rare) to command, order
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XII, lines 10–12, page 212:
- Come si volgon per tenera nube ¶ due archi paralleli e concolori, ¶ quando Iunone a sua ancella iube
- And as are spanned athwart a tender cloud ¶ two rainbows parallel and like in colour, ¶ when Juno to her handmaid gives command
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Usage notes
- The verb is only attested in its third-person present indicative form, iube.
Related terms
- iussivo
Latin
Verb
iubēre
- present active infinitive of iubeō
- second-person singular present passive imperative of iubeō
- second-person singular present passive indicative of iubeō