legatum
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leːˈɡaː.tum/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡäːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈɡa.tum/, [leˈɡäːt̪um]
Etymology 1
editFrom lēgātus, the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“send, despatch”).
Noun
editlēgātum n (genitive lēgātī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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
editParticiple
editlēgātum
- inflection of lēgātus:
Verb
editlēgātum
- accusative supine of lēgō
Etymology 2
editFrom lēgātus (“an envoy”).
Noun
editlēgātum m
- accusative singular of lēgātus (“deputy, officer, envoy, diplomat, lieutenant”)
References
edit- “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