iubere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iubēre (“to command, order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.be.re/
• Rhymes: -ubere
• Hyphenation: iù‧be‧re

Verb

iùbere (third-person only, third-person singular present iùbe, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive)

1. (literary, archaic) to command, order
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XII, page 212, lines 10–12:

     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/color, ¶ when Juno to her handmaid gives command

Usage notes

• The verb is only attested in its third-person present indicative form, iùbe.

Related terms

• iussivo

Anagrams

• ubiere

Latin

Verb

iubēre

1. inflection of iubeō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative