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Jussive

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or in the jussive mood. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected. countable, uncountable, usually

    "For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense."

  2. 2
    A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses. Arabic, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (variant of iubeō), 'to order, command'. Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”).

Etymology 2

From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (variant of iubeō), 'to order, command'. Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”).

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