legitimus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Derived from lēx (“law”). Compare fīnitimus, maritimus.
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leːˈɡi.ti.mus/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡɪt̪ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.ti.mus/, [leˈd͡ʒiːt̪imus]
Adjective edit
lēgitimus (feminine lēgitima, neuter lēgitimum, adverb lēgitimē); first/second-declension adjective
- lawful, legal, legitimate
- Synonym: iūstus
- legal (of or pertaining to the law)
- legitimate (born of married parents)
- just, proper, appropriate
- Synonyms: ūtilis, commodus, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, habilis, iūstus, opportūnus
- Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lēgitimus | lēgitima | lēgitimum | lēgitimī | lēgitimae | lēgitima | |
| Genitive | lēgitimī | lēgitimae | lēgitimī | lēgitimōrum | lēgitimārum | lēgitimōrum | |
| Dative | lēgitimō | lēgitimō | lēgitimīs | ||||
| Accusative | lēgitimum | lēgitimam | lēgitimum | lēgitimōs | lēgitimās | lēgitima | |
| Ablative | lēgitimō | lēgitimā | lēgitimō | lēgitimīs | |||
| Vocative | lēgitime | lēgitima | lēgitimum | lēgitimī | lēgitimae | lēgitima | |
Derived terms edit
- legitimo (Medieval Latin)
- illegitimus
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: legítim
- → French: légitime
- → Galician: lexítimo
- → German: legitim
- → Italian: legittimo
- Piedmontese: legìtim
- Portuguese: lídimo, probably lindo
- → Portuguese: legítimo
- → Romanian: legitim
- Spanish: lindo (probably)
- → Italian: lindo
- → Sicilian: liggìttimu
- → Spanish: legítimo
- → Gaulish: legitumon
- → English: legitimate, legit
References edit
- “legitimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “legitimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- legitimus 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)
- legitimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
- to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)