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jussive

[ juhs-iv ]

adjective

  1. (especially in Semitic languages) expressing a mild command.


noun

  1. a jussive form, mood, case, construction, or word.

jussive

/ ˈʌɪ /

adjective

  1. grammar another word for imperative
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of jussive1

1840–50; < Latin juss ( us ) (past participle of ܲŧ to command) + -ive
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of jussive1

C19: from Latin ūܲ ordered, from ܲŧ to command
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The "jussive" mood, for instance, is used in Arabic to express pleading, insistence, or imploring.

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Jussive, jus′iv, adj. expressing command.—n. a grammatical form or construction expressing commands.

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Although uiderit in these passages clearly has a jussive sense, it is probably future perfect in origin, since uidero 'I shall look after' is quite frequent in Terence and Cicero: see Martin on Ter Ad 437 'de istoc ipse uiderit' and OLD uideo 18b.

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But the jussive petatur could be continuing from ite in the first line; compare Statius Sil IV iv 4-5 'atque ubi Romuleas uelox penetraueris arces, / continuo dextras flaui pete Thybridis oras'.

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Commanding, dat. w. verbs of, 187, II; —— subst. clause w. verbs of, 295, 1; —— commands expressed by jussive subjv.,

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