legio

Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin legiō, after the story of Legio and the demoniac. The neuter gender in the noun sense “multitude” is influenced by the related term legioen. Doublet of legioen.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /ˈleːɣioː/
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Hyphenation: le‧gio
Rhymes: -eːɣioː

Adjective Edit

legio (used only predicatively, not comparable)

legion, numerous

Noun Edit

legio n (plural legio's)

(dated) A multitude, a crowd.
Onze stad werd geteisterd door legio's ratten.
Our city was being plagued by multitudes of rats.

Related terms Edit

legioen

Esperanto Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin legiō.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /leˈɡio/
Hyphenation: le‧gi‧o

Noun Edit

legio (accusative singular legion, plural legioj, accusative plural legiojn)

legion

Latin Edit

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Roman legion

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Alternative forms Edit

lecio (archaic)

Etymology Edit

From legere, legō (“to choose; to collect”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation Edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡi.oː/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒi.o/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒio]

Noun Edit

legiō f (genitive legiōnis); third declension

(military) A legion.

Declension Edit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	legiō	legiōnēs
Genitive	legiōnis	legiōnum
Dative	legiōnī	legiōnibus
Accusative	legiōnem	legiōnēs
Ablative	legiōne	legiōnibus
Vocative	legiō	legiōnēs

Meronyms Edit

contubernium (notionally ¹⁄₆₀₀ legio after 107 BC); centuria (notionally ¹⁄₆₀ legio); manipulus (notionally ¹⁄₃₀ legio after c. 315 BC); cohors (notionally ¹⁄₁₀ legio after 107 BC)

Descendants Edit

→ Armenian: ղեգեօն (ġegeōn), ղէգէօն (ġēgēōn), լեգէոն (legēon), լեգեոն (legeon)
→ Asturian: llexón, lexón
→ Catalan: legió
→ Czech: legie
→ Danish: legion
→ Dutch: legio
→ Esperanto: legio
→ Finnish: legioona
→ Galician: lexión
→ German: Legion
→ Ancient Greek: λεγεών (legeṓn)
- Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)
- → Aramaic: לגיונא‎
- → Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)
- → Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)
→ Hungarian: légió
→ Icelandic: legíó
→ Ido: legiono
→ Irish: léigiún
→ Italian: legione
→ Maltese: leġjun
→ Norwegian Bokmål: legion
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: legion
→ Old French: legion
- → Middle Dutch: legioen
  - Dutch: legioen
    - Afrikaans: legioen
    - → Indonesian: legiun
    - Negerhollands: legionen
    - → West Frisian: legioen
- → Middle English: legioun
  - English: legion
- → French: légion
  - Persian: لژیون‎ (ležion)
→ Polish: legion
→ Portuguese: legião
→ Romanian: legiune
→ Russian: легио́н (legión)
→ Spanish: legión, León
→ Serbo-Croatian: legija
→ Swedish: legion
→ Swedish: legio
→ Volapük: legion

References Edit

“legio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“legio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
legio 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)
legio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to form two legions: efficere duas legiones
- to fill up the numbers of the legions: complere legiones (B. C. 1. 25)
“legio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“legio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
“legio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
“legio”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin legio.

Noun Edit

legio (indeclinable) (uncountable)

legion (adjective)

References Edit

“legio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin legio.

Noun Edit

legio (indeclinable) (uncountable)

legion (adjective)

References Edit

“legio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin legio.

Adjective Edit

legio (not comparable)

legion (numerous)
I över 40 år har min fantasi snurrat om kvinnokönet, och legio äro de kvinnor som jag i mina da'r [dagar] friat till – Axel Robert "Döderhultarn" Petersson (1868 – 1925)
For over 40 years, my imagination has revolved around the female sex, and legion are the women I have proposed to in my days
customary
Synonyms: kutym, praxis

Det är legio att lägga en kundpinne efter sina varor i kassan
It's customary to place a checkout divider after your items at the checkout
acceptable, legitimate
Det har blivit legio att strunta i reglerna
It has become acceptable to ignore the rules

Usage notes Edit

(sense 2) and (sense 3) are recent usage and considered erroneous by some. (sense 3) is perhaps inspired by legitim (“legitimate”).