noun · masculinesecond declension
lēgātus
lēgātus m (genitive lēgātī)
Classical[ɫeːˈɡaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[leˈɡaː.tus]
№ 464 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- envoy, ambassador, legate
- deputy
- commander, lieutenant
Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 6.6
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī legiōnem regit, vel quem imperātor mittit; etiam nūntius pācis.lēgātus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēgātus | lēgātī |
| genitive | lēgātī | lēgātōrum |
| dative | lēgātō | lēgātīs |
| accusative | lēgātum | lēgātōs |
| ablative | lēgātō | lēgātīs |
| vocative | lēgāte | lēgātī |
lēgātus, i, v. 1. lego
I. fin. 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lēgātus ī, m
P. of 1 lego, an ambassador, legate : legatos mittere: missitare supplicantīs legatos, S.: missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati, H.: Legati responsa ferunt, V.— A deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general (the second in command): qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt: Caesaris, Cs.: hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses: quaestorius: magnitudo et splendor legati, L.: in magnā legatum quaere popinā, Iu.—In the Empire, an imperial legate, governor of a province , Ta.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of lēgō (“send, despatch”).
Descendants
- Catalanlegat
- Catalanllegat
- Frenchlégat
- Italianlegato
- Occitanlegat
- Portugueselegado
- Spanishlegado
- Englishlegate
- Galicianlegado
- Irishleagáidfrom Middle Irish leagáit
In English words that came into English from lēgātus
- legatelēgātus
- prolegateprolegatus