lego
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
lego (countable and uncountable, plural legos)
- Alternative letter-case form of Lego
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FinnishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
lego
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of lego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lego | legot | |
genitive | legon | legojen | |
partitive | legoa | legoja | |
illative | legoon | legoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lego | legot | |
accusative | nom. | lego | legot |
gen. | legon | ||
genitive | legon | legojen | |
partitive | legoa | legoja | |
inessive | legossa | legoissa | |
elative | legosta | legoista | |
illative | legoon | legoihin | |
adessive | legolla | legoilla | |
ablative | legolta | legoilta | |
allative | legolle | legoille | |
essive | legona | legoina | |
translative | legoksi | legoiksi | |
instructive | — | legoin | |
abessive | legotta | legoitta | |
comitative | — | legoineen |
Possessive forms of lego (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | legoni | legomme |
2nd person | legosi | legonne |
3rd person | legonsa |
Derived termsEdit
- leego (“tooth”) (slang)
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Esperanto leĝo, French loi, Italian legge, Spanish ley.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lego (plural legi)
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ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lego
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “I speak, I choose, I mean”) and Albanian mbledh. May be related to lēx.[1]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
legō (present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum); third conjugation
- I choose, select
- I appoint
- Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1:
- […] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.
- […] provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war
- […] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.
- I collect, gather, bring together
- I take out, pick out, extract, remove
- I take to one's self unjustly, carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract
- I read
- Lingua Graeca est; nōn potest legī. ― It's Greek, it cannot be read.
- (Medieval Latin) I teach, profess
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- Istriot:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
Etymology 2Edit
From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”) + -ō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lēgō (present infinitive lēgāre, perfect active lēgāvī, supine lēgātum); first conjugation
- I dispatch, send as ambassador
- I send on mission
- I assign as a legatus
- I delegate, entrust, assign, deputize
- I appoint by a last will or testament, leave or bequeath as a legacy
ConjugationEdit
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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ReferencesEdit
- “lego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lego in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- lego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
- to study Plato: Platonem legere et cognoscere
- the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
- to leave money to a person in one's will: pecuniam alicui legare
- a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
- to elect to the senate: in senatum legere, eligere
- to levy recruits to fill up the strength: supplementum cogere, scribere, legere
- to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
- (ambiguous) this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
- (ambiguous) the rules of speech, grammar: leges dicendi
- (ambiguous) to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
- (ambiguous) the constitution: instituta et leges
- (ambiguous) to give the state a constitution: civitati leges, iudicia, iura describere
- (ambiguous) to bring a bill before the notice of the people: legem, rogationem promulgare (Liv. 33. 46)
- (ambiguous) to propose a law in the popular assembly: legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...
- (ambiguous) to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)
- (ambiguous) to support a bill (before the people): pro lege dicere
- (ambiguous) to formally propose a law to the people: legem rogare or rogare populum (cf. sect. XVI. 4, note Aulus Gellius...)
- (ambiguous) to carry a law (said of the magistrate): legem perferre (Liv. 33. 46)
- (ambiguous) to reject a bill: legem antiquare (opp. accipere, iubere)
- (ambiguous) to vote for a law: legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)
- (ambiguous) to ratify a law (used of the people): legem iubere
- (ambiguous) to let a bill become law (of the people and senate): legem sancire
- (ambiguous) Solo ordained by law that..: Solo lege sanxit, ut or ne
- (ambiguous) to replace an old law by a new: legem abrogare (Att. 3. 23. 2)
- (ambiguous) to abolish a law: legem tollere (Leg. 2. 12. 31)
- (ambiguous) to protest against a law (used of the veto, intercessio, of plebeian tribunes): legi intercedere
- (ambiguous) to bring a law before the notice of the people: legem proponere in publicum
- (ambiguous) to engrave a law upon a brazen tablet: legem in aes incīdere
- (ambiguous) to declare a law valid: legem ratam esse iubere
- (ambiguous) to transgress a law: a lege discedere
- (ambiguous) the law says..: in lege scriptum est, or simply est
- (ambiguous) the spirit of the law: sententia or voluntas legis
- (ambiguous) to make laws (of a legislator): leges scribere, facere, condere, constituere (not dare)
- (ambiguous) a legislator: qui leges scribit (not legum lator)
- (ambiguous) to swear obedience to a law: in legem iurare (Sest. 16. 37)
- (ambiguous) to be bound by a law: lege teneri
- (ambiguous) on condition of..: ea lege, ut
- (ambiguous) a thing is illegal: aliquid contra legem est
- (ambiguous) to upset the whole constitution: omnes leges confundere
- (ambiguous) lawlessness; anarchy: leges nullae
- (ambiguous) to go to law with a person: (ex) iure, lege agere cum aliquo
- (ambiguous) to be condemned under the Lex Plautia: lege Plautia damnari (Sall. Cat. 31. 4)
- to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “legal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
lego m (definite singular legoen, uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of LEGO
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
lègo f
Old SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin lāicus, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lego m
- layman
- by 1300, anonymous, Fuero de Salamanca :
- Nengun lego que desafiar clerigo, peche .ccc. soldos e afielo; la tercia parte al quereloso e la tercia al bispo e la tercia alos alcaldes.
DescendantsEdit
- Spanish: lego
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lego
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛɡu
- Hyphenation: le‧go
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
lego m (plural legos)
- Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company)
- (trademark generalisation) any similar brick toy
- (figurative) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
lego
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Spanish lego, from Latin lāicus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laico.
AdjectiveEdit
lego (feminine lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas)
NounEdit
lego m (plural legos, feminine lega, feminine plural legas)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
lego
Further readingEdit
- “lego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lego ?
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lego | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | lego | legot | — | — |
Genitive | legos | legots | — | — |