ius gentium

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ius gentium.

Noun

ius gentium m (uncountable)

1. (law) jus gentium

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūs gentium

Noun

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

1. (law) law of nations, international law

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	iūs gentium
genitive	iūris gentium
dative	iūrī gentium
accusative	iūs gentium
ablative	iūre gentium
vocative	iūs gentium

Descendants

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

References

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