jūs, jūris, n. [kindred to Sanscr. yūsh, the same; cf. Gr. ζωμός],
I broth, soup, sauce (class.): cum una multa jura confundit cocus, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 120: quo pacto ex jure hesterno panem atrum vorent, Ter. Eun. 939: in jus vocat pisces cocus, Varr. R. R. 3, 9: negavit, se jure illo nigro delectatum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98: in ea cena cocus meus praeter jus fervens nihil potuit imitari, id. Fam. 9, 20, 2: tepidum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 81: male conditum, id. ib. 2, 8, 69.—In a sarcastic lusus verbb.: Verrinum, hog-broth , or the justice of Verres , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121.—
II Transf., juice, mixture : addita creta in jus idem, the juice of the purple-fish , Plin. 35, 6, 26, § 44.