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legonormalized · lego2 analyses · 2 lemmas
Lemma 1lego, legere, legi, lectus
verb
to read; gather, collect (cremated bones); to furl (sail), weigh (anchor); to pick out
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative active 1st singularleg + o · regular
Lewis & Short
lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare]
legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. , a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
A publicist's t. t.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch: eos privatae rei causa legari.
to the commission itself (ante- and ): in lemm.
Beyond the official sphere.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor).
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (): legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir. — Hence.
lēgātus, i,
( lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate.
( lego, I. B.).
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor; legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad.
Legati legionum, commanders — Also called.
lēgātum, i, ( lego, II.), a bequest, legacy.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, [, ; legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, ; lesen]
legentum. 7, 25, to bring together, to gather, collect.
: flores et humi nascentia fraga — Of the dead who have been burned: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, ).
: legere fila, to wind up.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. and 396, 4: Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; 8. ).
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through (): vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly ): primi litoris oram, coast along, not enter into details.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (): legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle): neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap.
With
To catch up, overhear a conversation: ( sublegere. 98).
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
: Heyne ad loc.; and
, to read or peruse a writing: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones. — With a pers. obj. — In : § —
To read out, read aloud, recite ( in authors): codicem pro contione, Fragm.
To find in an author or a writing. 49 relatum legere —
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators which was done by the censors — Hence, lĕgens, entis, as , a reader ( and in prose for lector). — Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, of full weight — Hence, : lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare): Müll. — : (al. lecta).
Lemma 2lego, legare, legavi, legatus
verb
to bequeath, will; to entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy · to read; gather, collect (cremated bones); to furl (sail), weigh (anchor); to pick out
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative active 1st singularleg + o · regular
Lewis & Short
lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare]
legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. , a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
A publicist's t. t.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch: eos privatae rei causa legari.
to the commission itself (ante- and ): in lemm.
Beyond the official sphere.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor).
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (): legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir. — Hence.
lēgātus, i,
( lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate.
( lego, I. B.).
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor; legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad.
Legati legionum, commanders — Also called.
lēgātum, i, ( lego, II.), a bequest, legacy.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, [, ; legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, ; lesen]
legentum. 7, 25, to bring together, to gather, collect.
: flores et humi nascentia fraga — Of the dead who have been burned: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, ).
: legere fila, to wind up.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. and 396, 4: Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; 8. ).
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through (): vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly ): primi litoris oram, coast along, not enter into details.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (): legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle): neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap.
With
To catch up, overhear a conversation: ( sublegere. 98).
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
: Heyne ad loc.; and
, to read or peruse a writing: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones. — With a pers. obj. — In : § —
To read out, read aloud, recite ( in authors): codicem pro contione, Fragm.
To find in an author or a writing. 49 relatum legere —
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators which was done by the censors — Hence, lĕgens, entis, as , a reader ( and in prose for lector). — Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, of full weight — Hence, : lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare): Müll. — : (al. lecta).
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