jŭbĕo, jussi, jussum (jusso for jussero, Verg. A. 11, 467; Sil. 12, 175: justi for jussisti, Ter. Eun. 831.—Inf.: jusse, Ter. Heaut. 1001: jussitur for jubetur, Cato R. R. 14), 2, v. a. [perh. = ius habere, to regard as right, hence], to order one to do something, to bid, tell, command (syn.: mando, impero, praecipio).
I In gen.: jubesne? jubeo, cogo atque impero, Ter. Eun. 388: ut justi (jussisti), Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 85: defessa jubendo, est saeva Jovis conjux, Ov. M. 9, 198: sic jubeo, stat pro ratione voluntas, Juv. 6, 223.
α With an object clause : jubeto, istos foras exire, Ter. Eun. 307: hae me litterae Dolabellae jubent ad pristinas cogitationes reverti, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2: Perdicca pueros equos jussit conscendere, Curt. 10, 8, 4: eos suum adventum exspectare jussit, Caes. B. G. 1, 27 so with pass. : deos iratos Tarentinis relinqui jussit, Liv. 27, 16, 8.—
β With ut or ne : jubet sententiam ut dicat suam, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 50: jubere ut haec quoque referret, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 28; Liv. 28, 36, 2; Curt. 8, 5, 38; 5, 13, 19; Suet. Tib. 22: jussitque ut quae venissent naves Euboeam peterent, Liv. 32, 16; Hor. S. 1, 4, 121.— Esp. of decrees of the people: senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67, § 161; id. Pis. 29, 72; id. Dom. 17, 44; Gell. 5, 19 (cf. II. B. infra): quod ne fieret, consules jusserunt, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52. —
γ With subj. alone (ante-class. and post-Aug., Madv. Gr. § 390): jube, mihi denuo respondeat, Ter. Eun. 691; Liv. 30, 19, 2; 24, 10, 4; cf. esp. Ter. Eun. 469 sq. Weissenb.; 28, 36, 2: rescribat multa jubeto, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 19; id. M. 8, 795: 11, 588 al.—
δ With dat. pers. : qui scribae ... deos iratos Tarentinis relinqui jussit, Liv. 27, 16, 8: Hercules sacrorum custodibus jussit, ne mulierem interesse permitterent, Macr. S. 1, 12, 28: quibus jusserat, ut instantibus resisterent, Tac. A. 13, 40: Britannico jussit, exsurgeret, id. ib. 13, 15: suis rex cultu feminarum abstinere jussit, Curt. 5, 6, 8.—
ε With acc. pers. vel rei : jube famulos, rem divinam mihi apparent, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 71: litterae non quae te aliquid juberent, sed, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 26: sed tu jussisses Eurysthea, Mart. 9, 66, 7: neque jubere caedem fratris palam audebat, Tac. A. 13, 15: Nero jussit scelera, id. Agr. 45.—
ζ With acc. rei and dat. pers. : tributum iis Drusus jusserat modicum, imposed , Tac. A. 4, 72; cf. II. B. 2. infra: pacem jubebo Omnibus, Stat. Th. 7, 32.—
η Pass. : quod jussi sunt faciunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 6: consules jubentur scribere exercitum, Liv. 3, 30: opto ut ea potissimum jubear, quae, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 26: Germanos non juberi, non regi, Tac. H. 4, 76: jussi sunt aegri deferri, Suet. Tib. 11; cf.: locus lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa, Liv. 28, 39, 19.—
II In partic.
A To wish, desire, entreat, bid : jubeto habere bonum animum, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 2: sperare nos amici jubent, Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 2: valde jubeo gaudere te, id. ib. 7, 2, 3: Caesar te sine cura esse jussit, id. Att. 12, 6, 3: Dionysium jube salvere, salute him for me , id. ib. 4, 14. —So ellipt.: jubeo Chremetem, Ter. And. 533.—
B In polit. lang.
1 To order, decree, ratify, approve the introduction of a proposed law: quae scisceret plebs aut quae populus juberet, Cic. Flac. 7, 15; Sall. J. 40, 3: legem populus Romanus jussit de civitate tribuenda, Cic. Balb. 17, 38: dicere apud populum de legibus jubendis aut vetandis, id. de Or. 1, 14, 60.— Absol. with de : de omnibus his—populum jussisse, Liv. 38, 45.—
2 To designate, appoint, assign : Tullum Hostilium regem populus jussit, Liv. 1, 22, 1 Weissenb.: id modo excepere ne postea eosdem tribunos juberent, id. 3, 30: quem vos imperatorem jussistis, Sall. J. 85, 11: postquam ei provinciam Numidiam populus jussit, allotted , id. ib. 84, 1.—
3 Hence the formula, Velitis, jubeatis, with which the magistrates called upon the people to confirm any thing proposed to them: rogationem promulgavit: vellent, juberent Philippo regi bellum indici, Liv. 31, 6.—
C Med. t. t., to prescribe, order : quod jussi ei dari bibere, date, Ter. And. 484; Petr. 56, 3: aegrotus, qui jussus sit vinum sumere, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 78.—
D Transf.: qui modo, si volucres habuissem regna jubentes, In populo potui maximus esse meo, Ov. F. 5, 461.