legitimus
Latin
Alternative forms
- legitumus (archaic)
Etymology
From lēx (“law”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leːˈɡi.ti.mus/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡɪt̪ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.ti.mus/, [leˈd͡ʒiːt̪imus]
Adjective
lēgitimus (feminine lēgitima, neuter lēgitimum, adverb lēgitimē); first/second-declension adjective
- lawful, legal, legitimate
- legal (of or pertaining to the law)
- just, proper, appropriate
Declension
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
- legitimo (Medieval Latin)
- illegitimus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “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)