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legio

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See also: legíó and legió

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɣioː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧gio
  • Rhymes: -eːɣioː

Adjective

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legio (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. legion, numerous

Noun

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legio n (plural legio's)

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

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Etymology

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From Latin legiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. legion

Latin

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Legio Romana.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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legiō f (genitive legiōnis); third declension

  1. (military) A legion.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative legiō legiōnēs
genitive legiōnis legiōnum
dative legiōnī legiōnibus
accusative legiōnem legiōnēs
ablative legiōne legiōnibus
vocative legiō legiōnēs

Meronyms

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  • contubernium (notionally 1600 legio after 107 BC); centuria (notionally 160 legio); manipulus (notionally 130 legio after c. 315 BC); cohors (notionally 110 legio after 107 BC)

Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin legio.

Noun

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legio (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. legion (adjective)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin legio.

Noun

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legio (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. legion (adjective)

References

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin legio.

Adjective

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legio (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. acceptable, legitimate
    Det har blivit legio att strunta i reglerna
    It has become acceptable to ignore the rules

Usage notes

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

References

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