giure

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒu.re/
• 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

• iure

Noun

giure m (plural giuri or (archaic) giura f)

1. (literary, law) law, jurisprudence

   Synonym: gius

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎^[1], lines 4–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

giure f

1. plural of giura

Anagrams

• urgei

Middle English

Determiner

giure

1. Alternative form of your