lego

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See also: Lego, LEGO, legó, legò, leĝo, and -lego

English

Noun

lego (countable and uncountable, plural legos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lego

Anagrams

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

< Danish LEGO

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɡo/, [ˈle̞ɡo̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈleːɡo/, [ˈle̞ːɡo̞]
  • Hyphenation: le‧go

Noun

lego

  1. Lego, lego, Lego brick (type of plastic toy brick)

Declension

Inflection of lego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
abessive legotta legoitta
instructive — legoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative legoni legoni
accusative nom. legoni legoni
gen. legoni
genitive legoni legojeni
partitive legoani legojani
inessive legossani legoissani
elative legostani legoistani
illative legooni legoihini
adessive legollani legoillani
ablative legoltani legoiltani
allative legolleni legoilleni
essive legonani legoinani
translative legokseni legoikseni
abessive legottani legoittani
instructive — —
comitative — legoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative legosi legosi
accusative nom. legosi legosi
gen. legosi
genitive legosi legojesi
partitive legoasi legojasi
inessive legossasi legoissasi
elative legostasi legoistasi
illative legoosi legoihisi
adessive legollasi legoillasi
ablative legoltasi legoiltasi
allative legollesi legoillesi
essive legonasi legoinasi
translative legoksesi legoiksesi
abessive legottasi legoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — legoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative legomme legomme
accusative nom. legomme legomme
gen. legomme
genitive legomme legojemme
partitive legoamme legojamme
inessive legossamme legoissamme
elative legostamme legoistamme
illative legoomme legoihimme
adessive legollamme legoillamme
ablative legoltamme legoiltamme
allative legollemme legoillemme
essive legonamme legoinamme
translative legoksemme legoiksemme
abessive legottamme legoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — legoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative legonne legonne
accusative nom. legonne legonne
gen. legonne
genitive legonne legojenne
partitive legoanne legojanne
inessive legossanne legoissanne
elative legostanne legoistanne
illative legoonne legoihinne
adessive legollanne legoillanne
ablative legoltanne legoiltanne
allative legollenne legoillenne
essive legonanne legoinanne
translative legoksenne legoiksenne
abessive legottanne legoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — legoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative legonsa legonsa
accusative nom. legonsa legonsa
gen. legonsa
genitive legonsa legojensa
partitive legoaan
legoansa 		legojaan
legojansa
inessive legossaan
legossansa 		legoissaan
legoissansa
elative legostaan
legostansa 		legoistaan
legoistansa
illative legoonsa legoihinsa
adessive legollaan
legollansa 		legoillaan
legoillansa
ablative legoltaan
legoltansa 		legoiltaan
legoiltansa
allative legolleen
legollensa 		legoilleen
legoillensa
essive legonaan
legonansa 		legoinaan
legoinansa
translative legokseen
legoksensa 		legoikseen
legoiksensa
abessive legottaan
legottansa 		legoittaan
legoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — legoineen
legoinensa

Derived terms

  • leego (“tooth”) (slang)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto leĝo, French loi, Italian legge, Spanish ley.

Pronunciation

Noun

lego (plural legi)

  1. law

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

lego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of legare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “I speak, I choose, I mean”) and Albanian mbledh.

Pronunciation

Verb

legō (present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum); third conjugation

  1. I choose, select, appoint
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 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
  3. I collect, gather, bring together
  4. I read
    Lingua Graeca est; potest nōn legī. ― It's Greek, it cannot be read.
  5. (Medieval Latin) I teach, profess
Conjugation
   Conjugation of legō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present legō legis legit legimus legitis legunt
imperfect legēbam legēbās legēbat legēbāmus legēbātis legēbant
future legam legēs leget legēmus legētis legent
perfect lēgī lēgistī lēgit lēgimus lēgistis lēgērunt,
lēgēre
pluperfect lēgeram lēgerās lēgerat lēgerāmus lēgerātis lēgerant
future perfect lēgerō lēgeris lēgerit lēgerimus lēgeritis lēgerint
passive present legor legeris,
legere 		legitur legimur legiminī leguntur
imperfect legēbar legēbāris,
legēbāre 		legēbātur legēbāmur legēbāminī legēbantur
future legar legēris,
legēre 		legētur legēmur legēminī legentur
perfect lēctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present legam legās legat legāmus legātis legant
imperfect legerem legerēs legeret legerēmus legerētis legerent
perfect lēgerim lēgerīs lēgerit lēgerīmus lēgerītis lēgerint
pluperfect lēgissem lēgissēs lēgisset lēgissēmus lēgissētis lēgissent
passive present legar legāris,
legāre 		legātur legāmur legāminī legantur
imperfect legerer legerēris,
legerēre 		legerētur legerēmur legerēminī legerentur
perfect lēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lege — — legite —
future — legitō legitō — legitōte leguntō
passive present — legere — — legiminī —
future — legitor legitor — — leguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives legere lēgisse lēctūrum esse legī lēctum esse lēctum īrī
participles legēns — lēctūrus — lēctus legendus,
legundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
legendī legendō legendum legendō lēctum lēctū
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”).

Pronunciation

Verb

lēgō (present infinitive lēgāre, perfect active lēgāvī, supine lēgātum); first conjugation

  1. I dispatch, send as ambassador
  2. I deputize
Conjugation
   Conjugation of lēgō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lēgō lēgās lēgat lēgāmus lēgātis lēgant
imperfect lēgābam lēgābās lēgābat lēgābāmus lēgābātis lēgābant
future lēgābō lēgābis lēgābit lēgābimus lēgābitis lēgābunt
perfect lēgāvī lēgāvistī lēgāvit lēgāvimus lēgāvistis lēgāvērunt,
lēgāvēre
pluperfect lēgāveram lēgāverās lēgāverat lēgāverāmus lēgāverātis lēgāverant
future perfect lēgāverō lēgāveris lēgāverit lēgāverimus lēgāveritis lēgāverint
passive present lēgor lēgāris,
lēgāre 		lēgātur lēgāmur lēgāminī lēgantur
imperfect lēgābar lēgābāris,
lēgābāre 		lēgābātur lēgābāmur lēgābāminī lēgābantur
future lēgābor lēgāberis,
lēgābere 		lēgābitur lēgābimur lēgābiminī lēgābuntur
perfect lēgātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lēgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lēgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lēgem lēgēs lēget lēgēmus lēgētis lēgent
imperfect lēgārem lēgārēs lēgāret lēgārēmus lēgārētis lēgārent
perfect lēgāverim lēgāverīs lēgāverit lēgāverīmus lēgāverītis lēgāverint
pluperfect lēgāvissem lēgāvissēs lēgāvisset lēgāvissēmus lēgāvissētis lēgāvissent
passive present lēger lēgēris,
lēgēre 		lēgētur lēgēmur lēgēminī lēgentur
imperfect lēgārer lēgārēris,
lēgārēre 		lēgārētur lēgārēmur lēgārēminī lēgārentur
perfect lēgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lēgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lēgā — — lēgāte —
future — lēgātō lēgātō — lēgātōte lēgantō
passive present — lēgāre — — lēgāminī —
future — lēgātor lēgātor — — lēgantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lēgāre lēgāvisse lēgātūrum esse lēgārī lēgātum esse lēgātum īrī
participles lēgāns — lēgātūrus — lēgātus lēgandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lēgandī lēgandō lēgandum lēgandō lēgātum lēgātū
Derived terms
Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “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 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)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡɔ/
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Noun

lego

  1. vocative singular of lega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish Lego.

Alternative forms

Noun

lego m (plural legos)

  1. Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company)
  2. (trademark generalisation) any similar brick toy
  3. (figurative) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lego

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɡo/ [ˈle.ɣ̞o]

Etymology 1

From Latin laicus.

Adjective

lego (feminine lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas)

  1. ignorant, lay

Noun

lego m (plural legos, feminine lega, feminine plural legas)

  1. layman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lego

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of legar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

lego ?

  1. Lego

Declension

Declension of lego 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lego legot — —
Genitive legos legots — —

Anagrams

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