legulus

Latin

Etymology

From legō (“I collect, gather”) +‎ -ulus (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡu.lus/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡu.lus/, [ˈlɛːɡulus]

Noun

legulus m (genitive legulī); second declension

1. A collector, gatherer, picker.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	legulus	legulī
Genitive	legulī	legulōrum
Dative	legulō	legulīs
Accusative	legulum	legulōs
Ablative	legulō	legulīs
Vocative	legule	legulī

Synonyms

• (gatherer): collector, convector

Derived terms

• aurilegulus

Related terms

• lēctē
• lēctiō
• lēctitō
• lēctiuncula
• lēctō

• lēctor
• lēctrīx
• lēcturiō
• lēctus
• legārium

• legibilis
• legiō
• legiōnārius
• legitō
• legiuncula

• legō
• legūmen
• legūmentum
• legūminārius

References

• “legulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• legulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.