LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

legiō1

legiō f (genitive legiōnis)
Classical[ˈɫɛ.ɡi.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.d͡ʒi.o]
№ 370 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. A legion.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

magna pars exercitūs Rōmānī: mīlia mīlitum sub ūnā aquilā.
legiō -ōnis f — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelegiōlegiōnēs
genitivelegiōnislegiōnum
dativelegiōnīlegiōnibus
accusativelegiōnemlegiōnēs
ablativelegiōnelegiōnibus
vocativelegiōlegiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

efficere duas legiones
to form two legions.
complere legiones (B. C. 1. 25)
to fill up the numbers of the legions.

lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. 2. lego (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf.,
I. a body of soldiers: legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.
I. Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied; though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia, Liv. 10, 18: undevicesima, id. 27, 14: vicesima, id. 27, 38: Claudiana, Tac. H. 2, 84: Galbiana, id. ib. 2, 86: Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2: adjutrix, Tac. H. 2, 43: rapax, id. ib.: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem, Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—
II. Transf.
A. Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers: Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones, Liv. 8, 24: Latinae, id. 6, 32; cf. of the troops of the Samnites, id. 10, 17; of the Gauls, id. 22, 14; of the Carthaginians, id. 26, 6: Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62: in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur, Juv. 14, 241.—
B. In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.): quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48: si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo, id. Truc. 2, 7, 53: cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur, Verg. A. 9, 368: de colle videri poterat legio, id. ib. 8, 605; 10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis, Val. Fl. 7, 573.—
C. Of a large body of men: idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.: legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus, Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36: duodecim legiones angelorum, id. Matt. 26, 53.—
2. Trop.: sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat, his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin legiō From legere, legō (“to choose; to collect”) + -iō.

Descendants
  • Catalanlegió
  • GermanLegion
  • Italianlegione
  • Englishlegionfrom Old French legion
  • Frenchlégionfrom Old French legion
  • Portugueselegião
  • Romanianlegiune
  • SpanishLeón
  • Spanishlegión
  • Armenianղեգեօն
proper noun · femininethird declension
Legiō2
Legiō f sg (genitive Legiōnis)
Classical[ˈɫɛ.ɡi.ɔ]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.d͡ʒi.o]

Meaning

  1. Medieval LatinNew LatinhistoricalLeón (a medieval kingdom in modern Spain)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeLegiō—
genitiveLegiōnis—
dativeLegiōnī—
accusativeLegiōnem—
ablativeLegiōne—
vocativeLegiō—
locativeLegiōnī
Legiōne		—

Origins

From legiō (“legion”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyLegioLegio (Λεγεών), a town of Palestine mentioned by Eusebius and S. Jerome. Its importance is intimated by the fact that it is assumed by them as a centr…

Quick answers

What does legiō mean in Latin?
legiō, a noun, means “A legion.”.
What is the genitive of legiō?
The genitive singular is legiōnis. legiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce legiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫɛ.ɡi.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒi.o].