ius gentium

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ius gentium.

Noun[edit]

ius gentium m (uncountable)

  1. (law) jus gentium

Latin[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

iūs gentium n sg (genitive iūris gentium); third declension

  1. (law) law of nations, international law

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with an indeclinable portion, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative iūs gentium
Genitive iūris gentium
Dative iūrī gentium
Accusative iūs gentium
Ablative iūre gentium
Vocative iūs gentium

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: jus gentium
  • → English: law of nations (calque)
  • → French: droit des gens (calque)

References[edit]

  • “ius gentium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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