legatum

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From lēgātus, the perfect passive participle of lēgō (send, despatch).

Noun[edit]

lēgātum n (genitive lēgātī); second declension

  1. A bequest, legacy
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēgātum lēgāta
Genitive lēgātī lēgātōrum
Dative lēgātō lēgātīs
Accusative lēgātum lēgāta
Ablative lēgātō lēgātīs
Vocative lēgātum lēgāta
Descendants[edit]
  • English: legacy
  • Portuguese: legado

Participle[edit]

lēgātum

  1. inflection of lēgātus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Verb[edit]

lēgātum

  1. accusative supine of lēgō

Etymology 2[edit]

From lēgātus (an envoy).

Noun[edit]

lēgātum m

  1. accusative singular of lēgātus (deputy, officer, envoy, diplomat, lieutenant)

References[edit]

  • legatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • legatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • legatum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • legatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • legatum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • legatum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin