giure

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒu.re/, [ˈd͡ʒuːr̺e]
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: giù‧re

Etymology 1

From Latin iūre, form of iūs (law”, “right), from Proto-Italic *jowos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéw-os, from the root *h₂yew- (justice”, “law).

Alternative forms

Noun

giure m (archaic plural giura)

  1. (literary, law) law, jurisprudence
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XI, lines 4-6, page 198:
      Chi dietro a iura e chi ad amforismi ¶ sen giva, e chi seguendo sacerdozio, ¶ e chi regnar per forza o per sofismi, []
      One after laws and one to aphorisms ¶ was going, and one following the priesthood, ¶ and one to reign by force or sophistry, []
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

giure f

  1. plural of giura

Middle English

Determiner

giure

  1. Alternative form of youre

References

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