verbthird conjugation
legō1
legō (present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum)
Classical[ˈɫɛ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.ɡo]
№ 419 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to collect, gather, bring together, catch
“[...] Date volnera lymphīs / abluam, et, extrēmus sī quis super hālitus errat, / ōre legam.” [...]
“Grant that I may wash her wounds with water, and, if any last breath wanders over her, I will gather it with my lips.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.683-685 - to choose, select
- to appoint
[…] 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 war27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1 - to take out, pick out, extract, remove
- to take to one's self unjustly, carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract
- to read
Librōs lege.
Read books.Lēgistīne hunc librum?
Have you read this book? - Medieval Latinto teach, profess
- to be bound, fettered, detained
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
litterās oculīs capiō et intellegō; librum legimus.legō -ere lēgī — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae
colligō, sēligōlegō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 11
testāmentō relinquōlēgō -āre — in Epistulae, ch. 13
to read
legō -ere — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 7, 19, 21 and Seneca, ch. VIII
choose; read
legō -ere — in De Bello Gallico I and De Bello Gallico III
read
legunt — in Seneca, ch. VIII
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Cubile · Lectus
Cubile is a natural couch for men and animals, a place of rest, like κοίτη, εὐνή; lectus, an artificial couch, merely for men, a bed, like λέκτρον. (v. 279.)
Mittere · Legare · Amittere · Dimittere · Omittere
1. Mittere μεθεῖναι is the general expression, to send; legare (from λέγω) has a special political meaning, to delegate. The missus makes his appearance as a servant or messenger; the legatus, as a representative. 2. Amittere and dimittere mean to let go any thing already in one’s possession; amittere, against one’s will, as to lose; dimittere, after having used it, as to dismiss; whereas omittere means to let anything pass by, without taking possession of it; to speak with precision, Amittimus inviti et casu, omittimus volentes et sponte. Hence amittere occasionem means, to let slip an opportunity, so as not to be able to take advantage of it, from negligence; whereas omittere occasionem means, to renounce an opportunity, so as not to wish to take advantage of it, from attaching little value to it. Vitam amittere means, to lose one’s life; vitam omittere, to sacrifice it. (iii. 285.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | legō | legēbam lēgābam | legam lēgābō | lēgī lēgāvī | lēgeram lēgāveram | lēgerō lēgārō, lēgāverō |
| 2nd sg. | legis | legēbās lēgābās | legēs lēgābis | lēgistī lēgāstī, lēgāvistī | lēgerās lēgārās, lēgāverās | lēgeris lēgāveris |
| 3rd sg. | legit | legēbat lēgābat | leget lēgābit | lēgit lēgāvit | lēgerat lēgārat, lēgāverat | lēgerit lēgārit, lēgāverit |
| 1st pl. | legimus | legēbāmus lēgābāmus | legēmus lēgābimus | lēgimus lēgāvimus | lēgerāmus lēgāverāmus | lēgerimus lēgārimus, lēgāverimus |
| 2nd pl. | legitis | legēbātis lēgābātis | legētis lēgābitis | lēgistis lēgāstis, lēgāvistis | lēgerātis lēgārātis, lēgāverātis | lēgeritis lēgāritis, lēgāveritis |
| 3rd pl. | legunt | legēbant lēgābant | legent lēgābunt | lēgērunt lēgēre, lēgārunt, lēgāvēre, lēgāvērunt | lēgerant lēgārant, lēgāverant | lēgerint lēgārint, lēgāverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | legam lēgem | legerem lēgārem | lēgerim lēgārim, lēgāverim | lēgissem lēgāssem, lēgāvissem |
| 2nd sg. | legās | legerēs lēgārēs | lēgerīs lēgāverīs | lēgissēs lēgāssēs, lēgāvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | legat | legeret lēgāret | lēgerit lēgārit, lēgāverit | lēgisset lēgāsset, lēgāvisset |
| 1st pl. | legāmus | legerēmus lēgārēmus | lēgerīmus lēgārīmus, lēgāverīmus | lēgissēmus lēgāssēmus, lēgāvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | legātis | legerētis lēgārētis | lēgerītis lēgārītis, lēgāverītis | lēgissētis lēgāssētis, lēgāvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | legant | legerent lēgārent | lēgerint lēgārint, lēgāverint | lēgissent lēgāssent, lēgāvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | legor | legēbar lēgābar | legar lēgābor |
| 2nd sg. | legeris legere | legēbāris legēbāre, lēgābāre, lēgābāris | legēris legēre, lēgābere, lēgāberis |
| 3rd sg. | legitur | legēbātur lēgābātur | legētur lēgābitur |
| 1st pl. | legimur | legēbāmur lēgābāmur | legēmur lēgābimur |
| 2nd pl. | legiminī | legēbāminī lēgābāminī | legēminī lēgābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | leguntur | legēbantur lēgābantur | legentur lēgābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | legar lēger | legerer lēgārer |
| 2nd sg. | legāris legāre | legerēris legerēre, lēgārēre, lēgārēris |
| 3rd sg. | legātur | legerētur lēgārētur |
| 1st pl. | legāmur | legerēmur lēgārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | legāminī | legerēminī lēgārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | legantur | legerentur lēgārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | lege lēgā | legere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | legite | legiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | legitō | legitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | legitō | legitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | legitōte lēgātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | leguntō lēgantō | leguntor lēgantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | legere | legī lēgārī |
| perfect infinitive | lēgisse lēgāsse, lēgāvisse | lēctum esse |
| future infinitive | lēctūrum esse | lēctum īrī |
| present participle | legēns lēgāns, lēgante, lēgantem, lēgantēs, lēgantī, lēgantia, lēgantibus, lēgantis, lēgantīs, lēgantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | lēctus lēcta, lēctā, lēctae, lēctam, lēctārum, lēctās, lēcte, lēctī, lēctīs, lēctō, lēctōrum, lēctōs, lēgāta, lēgātā, lēgātae, lēgātam, lēgātārum, lēgātās, lēgāte, lēgātī, lēgātō, lēgātōrum, lēgātōs, lēgātum, lēgātus |
| future participle | lēctūrus lēctūra, lēctūrā, lēctūrae, lēctūram, lēctūrārum, lēctūrās, lēctūre, lēctūrī, lēctūrīs, lēctūrō, lēctūrōrum, lēctūrōs, lēctūrum, lēgātūra, lēgātūrā, lēgātūrae, lēgātūram, lēgātūrārum, lēgātūrās, lēgātūre, lēgātūrī, lēgātūrīs, lēgātūrō, lēgātūrōrum, lēgātūrōs, lēgātūrum, lēgātūrus | legendus legundus, lēganda, lēgandā, lēgandae, lēgandam, lēgandārum, lēgandās, lēgande, lēgandī, lēgandīs, lēgandō, lēgandōrum, lēgandōs, lēgandum, lēgandus, legunda, legundā, legundae, legundam, legundārum, legundās, legunde, legundī, legundīs, legundō, legundōrum, legundōs, legundum |
gerundlegendī, legendō, legendumsupinelēctum, lēctū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- lecto teneri
- to be confined to one's bed.
- pecuniam alicui legare
- to leave money to a person in one's will.
- legentes, ii qui legunt
- the reader.
- oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
- to hug the coast.
- Platonem legere, lectitare
- to read Plato.
- legendo percurrere aliquid
- to read cursorily.
- in senatum legere, eligere
- to elect to the senate.
- e lecto or e cubīli surgere
- to rise from one's bed, get up.
3 more phrases
- Platonem legere et cognoscere
- to study Plato.
- supplementum cogere, scribere, legere
- to levy recruits to fill up the strength.
- dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
- a dictator appoints a magister equitum.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic
I. perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. lex; and therefore qs. lege creare, a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I. A publicist's t. t.
A. To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35: hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4: juste pieque legatus venio, Liv. 1, 32: tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc., Sall. J. 21, 4: quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc., Gell. 7, 14, 8.—2. Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem, what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm.—b. Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas? committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—B. To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9: ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc., id. ib. 4, 2, 6: istum legatum iri non arbitror, id. ib. 10, 1, 4: ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti, id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57: Dolabella me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4: Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc., Sall. J. 28.—II. A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat, Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3: usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro, id. Top. 3, 14: cui argentum omne legatum est, Quint. 5, 10, 62: in argento legato, id. 7, 2, 11.—B. Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat, Cic. Clu. 12, 33: si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit, id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence, 1. lēgātus, i, m.
A. (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere, id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere, id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.: missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati, Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum, Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—B. (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a. An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti? Cic. Pis. 14, 33: qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt, id. Clu. 36, 99: Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.: Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc., id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32: neque se ei legatum defuturum, id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1: hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses, Cic. Pis. 35, 86: (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat, id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.: quaestorius, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.: L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus, id. B. C. 1, 8, 2: magnitudo et splendor legati, Liv. 38, 58, 9: in magna legatum quaere popina, Juv. 8, 172.—b. Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(b). Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit, Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called; legatus praetorius, Tac. Agr. 7.—2. lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit, Dig. 30, 116: Hortensii legata cognovi, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9: reliqua legata varie dedit, Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48: legatum peto ex testamento, Quint. 4, 2, 6: jus capiendi legata alicui adimere, Suet. Dom. 8: cymbala pulsantis legatum amici, Juv. 9, 62: legatorum genera sunt quattuor, Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lēgō āvī (lēgāssit for lēgāverit, XII Tabb. ap. C.), ātus, āre
lex, to send with a commission, send as ambassador, depute, commission, despatch : ut legati ex eius ordinis auctoritate legarentur: eos privatae rei causā legari: iuste pieque legatus venio, L.: in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, S.— To appoint as deputy, commission as lieutenant : eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius: me legatum iri non arbitror: me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant : sibi homines nobilīs, S.— To bequeath, leave by will : Numitori regnum, L.: usum et fructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae: Nil sibi legatum, H.: uxori grandem pecuniam a filio, to be paid by the son .
legō lēgī, lēctus, ere
1 LEG-, to bring together, gather, collect : herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked , O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out , V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath , i. e. give a parting kiss , V.: Umida vela, to furl , V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal : sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through : saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through , V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track , O.: tortos orbīs, wander through , V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along : Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme , V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint : iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review , V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate .—Fig., to read, peruse, scan : legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs : ut scriptum legimus, find written : relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite : convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation , H.: acta, the news of the day , Iu.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
- Proto-Italic*legō
- Latinlegō
From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti, from the root *leǵ- (“to gather”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak, to choose, to mean”) and Albanian mbledh. May be related to lēx. For etymology 1 sense 6 (“to read”), compare typologically Russian разбира́ть (razbirátʹ), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) (< брать (bratʹ)), разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) (по́черк (póčerk)).
Insular Romance
- Sardinianlègere
- Sardinianlèghere
- Sardinianlèzere
- Sardinianleghere
- Sardinianlezere
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanllegir
- Frenchlire
- Occitanlegir
- Franco-Provençalliére
- Franco-Provençalleire
- Normanliéthe
- Gasconlégerfrom Occitan legir
- Gasconleguirfrom Occitan legir
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueselerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese leer
- Spanishleer
- Aragoneseleyer
- Aragoneselier
- Aragoneseleir
- Aragoneseliyer
- Aragoneseleyir
- Asturianllierfrom Old Leonese leer
- Asturianllerfrom Old Leonese leer
- Asturianlleerfrom Old Leonese leer
Italo-Romance
- Italianleggere
- Corsicanleghja
- Neapolitanleggerefrom Italian leggere
- Sicilianlèggirifrom Italian leggere
- Neapolitanlejere
- Sicilianlègghirifrom Sicilian lèjiri
Borrowings
- Englishleynfrom Yiddish לייענען
- Albanianlexoj
- Esperantolegi
- Irishléighfrom Old Irish légaid
- Manxlhaihfrom Old Irish légaid
- Scottish Gaelicleughfrom Old Irish légaid
- Welshlleufrom Proto-Brythonic *lleɣɨd
- Dutchlajenenfrom Yiddish לייענען
- Hungarianlejnolfrom Yiddish לייענען
Balkan Romance
- Aromanianaleg
Dalmatian
- unknownlaro
Padanian
- Emilianlèżer
- Friulianlei
- Istriotlezi
- Ligurianlêze
- Lombardlèzer
- Lombardles
- Lombardlecc
- Lombardléger
- Piedmonteselese
- Romagnollèz̦ar