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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. 5, 4, 17: “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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.20.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.121
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.81
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.44
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.34
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