legatus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of lēgō (“send, despatch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lēgātus m (genitive lēgātī); second declension

  1. envoy, ambassador, legate
  2. deputy
  3. commander, lieutenant
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:
      Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
      Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēgātus lēgātī
Genitive lēgātī lēgātōrum
Dative lēgātō lēgātīs
Accusative lēgātum lēgātōs
Ablative lēgātō lēgātīs
Vocative lēgāte lēgātī

Descendants

Participle

lēgātus (feminine lēgāta, neuter lēgātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. sent, despatched, having been sent.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lēgātus lēgāta lēgātum lēgātī lēgātae lēgāta
Genitive lēgātī lēgātae lēgātī lēgātōrum lēgātārum lēgātōrum
Dative lēgātō lēgātō lēgātīs
Accusative lēgātum lēgātam lēgātum lēgātōs lēgātās lēgāta
Ablative lēgātō lēgātā lēgātō lēgātīs
Vocative lēgāte lēgāta lēgātum lēgātī lēgātae lēgāta

References

  • “legatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “legatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • legatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • legatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “legatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “legatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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