legatum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) 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
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
Participle
(deprecated template usage) lēgātum
- nominative neuter singular of lēgātus
- accusative masculine singular of lēgātus
- accusative neuter singular of lēgātus
- vocative neuter singular of lēgātus
Verb
(deprecated template usage) lēgātum
- accusative supine of lēgō
Etymology 2
From lēgātus (“an envoy”).
Noun
(deprecated template usage) lēgātum
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