legatum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leːˈɡaː.tum/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡäːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa.tum/, [leˈɡäːt̪um]

Etymology 1

From lēgātus, the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“send, despatch”).

Noun

lēgātum n (genitive lēgātī); second declension

1. A bequest, legacy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēgātum	lēgāta
Genitive	lēgātī	lēgātōrum
Dative	lēgātō	lēgātīs
Accusative	lēgātum	lēgāta
Ablative	lēgātō	lēgātīs
Vocative	lēgātum	lēgāta

Descendants

• English: legacy
• Portuguese: legado

Participle

lēgātum

1. inflection of lēgātus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

lēgātum

1. accusative supine of lēgō

Etymology 2

From lēgātus (“an envoy”).

Noun

lēgātum m

1. accusative singular of lēgātus (“deputy, officer, envoy, diplomat, lieutenant”)

References

• “legatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “legatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• legatum 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)
• legatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “legatum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “legatum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin