leguleius

Latin

Etymology

From lēx (“law”) +‎ -ulēius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leː.ɡuˈleːi̯.us/, [ɫ̪eːɡʊˈɫ̪eːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.ɡuˈlej.us/, [leɡuˈlɛjus]

Noun

lēgulēius m (genitive lēgulēiī or lēgulēī); second declension

1. A pettifogger, a pettifogging lawyer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēgulēius	lēgulēiī
Genitive	lēgulēiī lēgulēī1	lēgulēiōrum
Dative	lēgulēiō	lēgulēiīs
Accusative	lēgulēium	lēgulēiōs
Ablative	lēgulēiō	lēgulēiīs
Vocative	lēgulēie	lēgulēiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italian: leguleio
• Portuguese: leguleio, legulejo

See also

• rabula

References

• “leguleius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “leguleius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• leguleius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.