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Legatus
Legatus
See also: legatus
Translingual
Proper noun
Legatus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Tyranni - suborder; Tyrannides - infraorder; Tyrannida - parvorder; Tyrannidae - family
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
legatus
legatus
See also: Legatus
Latin
Noun
lēgātus m (genitive lēgātī); second declension
- envoy, ambassador, legate
- deputy
- lieutenant
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6
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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.
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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.
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Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēgātus | lēgātī |
| genitive | lēgātī | lēgātōrum |
| dative | lēgātō | lēgātīs |
| accusative | lēgātum | lēgātōs |
| ablative | lēgātō | lēgātīs |
| vocative | lēgāte | lēgātī |
Related terms
Descendants
Participle
lēgātus m (feminine lēgāta, neuter lēgātum); first/second declension
- sent, despatched, having been sent.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “legatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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