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jussive
[ juhs-iv ]
adjective
- (especially in Semitic languages) expressing a mild command.
noun
- a jussive form, mood, case, construction, or word.
jussive
/ ˈ»åÏôÊŒ²õɪ±¹ /
adjective
- grammar another word for imperative
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of jussive1
Example Sentences
The "jussive" mood, for instance, is used in Arabic to express pleading, insistence, or imploring.
Jussive, jus′iv, adj. expressing command.—n. a grammatical form or construction expressing commands.
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.
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'.
The Jussive Subjunctive expresses a command.
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