iustus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === jūstus === Etymology === From Old Latin iovestos, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. By surface analysis, iūs +‎ -tus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuːs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjus.tus] === Adjective === iūstus (feminine iūsta, neuter iūstum, comparative iūstior, superlative iūstissimus); first/second-declension adjective just, righteous lawful, legal Synonym: lēgitimus justified, merited, well-deserved, due proper, perfect, complete, reasonable, suitable, sufficient Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, dignus, conveniēns, lēgitimus, ūtilis Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus, irritus, grātuītus (figurative) exact, straight, direct ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings === References === === Further reading === “justus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “iustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "iustus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “iustus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “iustus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers