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Lăbōrīnus campus, i, or Lăbō-rĭāni campi, ōrum, m., or Lăbōrĭae (Leb-), ārum, f., a district in Campania, lying around Capua and Nola, now Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60; 17, 4, 3, § 28; 18, 11, 29, § 111.

lāda or lēda, ae, f., and lēdon, i, n., = λῆδον. a shrub in Cyprus from which a resin was obtained, the Cistus Creticus, Linn.; form lada, Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 97; form leda, id. 12, 17, 37, § 75; form ledon, id. 26, 8, 30, § 47.

lādănum or lēdănum, i, n. [λήδανον], the resinous juice obtained from the shrub lada, ladanum, Plin. 26, 8, 30, § 47 al.

Laestrȳgon (Lestr-), ŏnis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrȳgŏnes, um, m., = Λαιστρυγόνες,

  1. I. an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641.
    In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.
    Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.
    Hence,
  2. II. Laestrȳgŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
    1. A. In Formiae: domus, i. e. Formiæ, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.: rupes, in Formiæ, Sil. 7, 276: amphora, i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.
    2. B. In Sicily: campi, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.

Laevi (Lēvi), ōrum, m., the Lævi, an ancient people of Liguria, between the Po and the Ticinus, Liv. 33, 37, 6; 5, 35, 2; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

Lātōna, ae (old

  1. I. gen. sing. Latonas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.; Gr. form Lāto, ūs, Varr. Sat. Mon. 83, 1), f., = Λητώ; Dor. Λατώ; Aeol. Λάτων, daughter of the Titan Cœus and Phœbe, and mother of Apollo and Diana, whom she brought forth on the floating island of Delos, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 424 Vahl.); Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48; 2, 5, 72; id. N. D. 3, 23; Verg. A. 1, 502; Juv. 6, 176; Ov. M. 6, 336; Hyg. Fab. 14.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Lātōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latona, Latonian: Delos, Verg. G. 3, 6: virgo, i. e. Diana, id. A. 11, 557: Luna, Tib. 3, 4, 29: Cynthus, the mountain, on Delos, where Latona brought forth, Stat. Th. 1, 701.
      Subst.: Lātōnĭa, ae, f., Diana, Cat. 34, 5; Verg. A. 9, 405; 11, 534; Ov. M. 1, 696; 8, 393; Stat. Th. 9, 679.
    2. B. Lātōnĭgĕna, ae, comm. [Latona-gigno], one born of Latona (poet.): Latonigenae duo, i. e. Apollo and Diana, Ov. M. 6, 160: di, Sen. Agm. 320.
    3. C. Lātōïus (Lētōïus, Ov. M. 8, 15, where others read Lātōnĭa), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latona, Latonian: stirps, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 3: proles, id. ib. 5, 1, 57; id. M. 8, 15.
      Subst.: Lātōïus, ii, m., Apollo, Ov. M. 11, 197.
    4. D. Lātōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latona: arae, Ov. M. 6, 274.
      Subst.: Lātōus, i, m., Apollo, Ov. M. 6, 384; Hor. C. 1, 31, 18.
    5. E. Lātŏĭdes, ae, m., = Λατωΐδης, the son of Latona, i. e. Apollo: Latoiden canamus, Stat. Th. 1, 695.
      In plur.: Lātŏĭdae, ārum, the children of Latona, i. e. Apollo and Diana; gen. plur.: Latoidum, Aus. Epit. 27.
  3. F. Lātōĭs (Lētōis), ĭdis or ĭdos, f. adj., = Λατωΐς and Λητωΐς, of or belonging to Latona, Latonian: Calaurea, sacred to Latona, Ov. M. 7, 384.
    Subst. adj.: Lātōis, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., Diana: timeo saevae Latoidos iram, Ov. H. 21, 153; id. M. 8, 278.

lĕa, ae, f. [leo], a lioness (poet. for leaena): panthera et lea, Varr. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; * Lucr. 5, 1318: pectus et ora leae, Ov. M. 9, 648: hirsutae, id. F. 5, 176; id. M. 14, 255: saeva, id. ib. 4, 102.

1. lĕaena, ae, f., = λέαινα, a lioness: statuerunt aeream leaenam, Cic. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45; Gell. 13, 7, 1; Tib. 3, 4, 90; Verg. E. 2, 63; id. G. 3, 245; 4, 408; Ov. M. 4, 97; 514; 9, 615; 13, 547; Cat. 64, 154.

2. Lĕaena, ae, f., = Λέαινα, an heroic courtesan of Athens, in the time of Harmodius and Aristogīton, Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; 34, 8, 19, § 72; Lact. 1, 20.

Lēander (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος,

  1. I. a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.
    2. B. Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.

Lĕarchus, i, m., = Λέαρχος,

  1. I. the son of Athamas and Ino, whom Athamas, in a fit of madness, killed, Ov. M. 4, 515; id. F. 6, 479; Hyg. Fab. 1, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lĕar-chēus, a, um, adj., of Learchus: umbrae, Ov. F. 6, 491.

Lĕbădĭa (Lĕbădēa, Stat. Th. 7, 345), ae, f., = Λεβαδεία, Λεβαδία, a Bœotian city near Mount Helicon, and above which was situated the cave of Trophonius, with a temple, now Livadhia, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; Liv. 45, 27, 8; Gell. 12, 5.

Lĕbĕdus (-dos), i, f., = Λέβεδος, a city on the coast of Ionia, north of Colophon; where every year great theatrical games were celebrated in honor of Bacchus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 6 sq.; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 116.

leber for liber, v. 1. liber init.

lĕbes, ētis, m., = λέβης, among the Greeks, a copper basin, kettle, caldron, for cooking, frequently given as an honorary reward or prize: tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas, Verg. A. 5, 266: Dodonaei, id. ib. 3, 466; Ov. H. 3, 31.

  1. B. A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.
  2. C. A bronze vessel in which flesh was boiled, Vulg. 1 Sam. 2, 14 al.: lebetes aëneae, Isid. Orig. 22, 8, 11.
    For ashes: lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres, Vulg. Exod. 27, 3.

Lĕbynthos (Lĕbynthus, Lĕbin-thos or -us), i, f., = Λέβινθος, one of the Sporadic Isles, now Lenitha, Mel. 2, 7; Ov. A. A. 2, 81; id. M. 8, 222.

Lĕchaeum, i, n., and Lĕchaeae, ārum, f., = Λέχαιον,

  1. I. the port of Corinth, on the Corinthian Gulf, Liv. 32, 23, 11; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 19; Stat. Th. 2, 381: Corinthiacus hinc, illinc Saronicus appellatur sinus: Lechaeae hinc, Cenchreae illinc, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 12.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lĕ-chaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lechæum, Lechæan: spatia, Grat. Cyn. 227.

lectārĭus, κλινοποιός (a couch-maker), Gloss. Philox.; so, FABER LECTARIVS, Inscr. Orell. 4183.

lectē, adv., v. 2. lego, P. a. fin.

lectīca, ae, f.

  1. I. Lit., a litter, sedan, used at first only on journeys, but afterwards also, for the sake of convenience, in the city: lecticā octophoro ferebatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: lecticae usum alicui adimere, Suet. Caes. 43: inditus lecticae, Tac. A. 3, 14: lecticae imponere aliquem, Petr. 28: lecticā gestare aliquem, Hor. S. 2, 3, 214: lecticae gestamine uti, Tac. A. 2, 2: in eadem illa lecticā qua ipse delatus eram, eum referre, etc., Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: lectica introferri, Liv. 43, 7: lectica formosis imposita calonibus, Sen. Ep. 110, 17: comparare homines ad lecticam, litterbearers, Cat. 10, 15: facit somnum clausā lectica fenestrā, Juv. 3, 242.
    Collect.: densissima centum Quadrantes lectica petit, a throng of litters, Juv. 1, 121.
  2. * II. Transf.: arboris, that part of a tree from which the branches spring, Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99.

* lectīcārĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [lecticarius], a chairman’s mistress, a comically formed term of reproach, Mart. 12, 58, 2.

lectīcārĭus, i, m. [lectica], a litterbearer, sedan-bearer, chairman, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: lecticarii cum asseribus in auxilium accucurrerunt, with their poles, Suet. Calig. 58: inter urbana ministeria continenturet lecticarii, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 72.
The chairmen formed a guild or corporation: EX CORPORE LECTICARIORVM CAESARIS, Inscr. ap. Grut. 599, 11: DECVRIO LECTICARIORVM, ib. 600, 1; Inscr. Orell. 2871; 6323.

lectīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [lectica], a small litter or sedan.

  1. I. In gen.: lecticulā in curiam esse delatum, Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55: Scipio lecticulā in aciem illatus, Liv. 24, 42.
    1. B. In partic.
      1. 1. A bier: elatus est in lecticula sine ulla pompa funebri, Nep. Att. 22, 2.
      2. 2. A couch or settee, on which one lay while reading or writing: lucubratoria lecticula, Suet. Aug. 78.
  2. II. Transf., of a hen’s nest, App. M. 9, p. 232.

lectĭo, ōnis, f. [lego].

  1. I. A gathering, collecting.
    1. A. In gen. (post-Aug. and rare): lectio lapidum, Col. 2, 2, 12: florum, Arn. 5, 173.
    2. * B. In partic., a picking out, selecting: judicum, Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16.
  2. II. A reading, perusal; a reading out, reading aloud.
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen.: delectabatur lectione librorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: lectio sine ulla delectatione, id. Tusc. 2, 3, 7: versuum, Quint. 1, 8, 2: non cruda, sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta, id. 10, 1, 19: continua, id. 11, 2, 34; cf. id. 1, cap. 8 and 10, cap. 1 passim.
      2. 2. In partic.: lectio senatūs, a reading off or calling over the names of the senators; this was done by the censor, who at the same time struck the unworthy ones from the list: infamis atque invidiosa senatus lectio, Liv. 9, 29; 27, 11; Suet. Aug. 35.
    2. B. Transf. (abstr. pro contr.), that which is read, reading, text (post-class.): lectio tamen docet, eo tempore solitos, etc., Macr. S. 7, 7, 5: haec sunt quae lectio pontificalis habet, id. ib. 7, 13, 11 fin.: juris lectiones, passages of the laws, Cod. Just. 6, 61, 5: ubi lectio aliqua falsitate notata est, Isid. 1, 20, 3; so, pervulgati juris, Amm. 30, 4, 18: datā lectione quae non sit intellectu difficilis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 163: quia Moyses prius hoc statuit, sicut lectio manifestat, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 1 prooem.

* lectisternĭātor, ōris, m. [lectisternium], one who arranged the couches and placed the cushions on them for reclining on at table: propera, abi intro; tu esto lectisterniator, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 29; cf.: lectis sternundis studuimus, id. Stich. 5, 3, 5.

lectisternĭum, ĭi, n. [2. lectus-sterno], a feast of the gods.

  1. I. Lit., an offering in which the images of the gods, lying on pillows, were placed in the streets, and food of all kinds set before them; these banquets were prepared by the Epulones, and consumed by them, Liv. 5, 13, 6; 7, 2, 27; 8, 25; 21, 62; 22, 1; 10 et saep.; cf.: lecti sternebantur in honorem deorum, unde hoc sacrum, vel potius sacrilegium nomen accepit, Aug. C. D. 3, 17, 2; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.
  2. II. Transf., in the Christian age, a feast held in memory of a deceased person, or at the consecration of a chapel dedicated to him, a feast of the dead, Sid. Ep. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.

lectĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [2. lego].

  1. I. To gather or collect eagerly or often (postclass.): conchulas et calculos in litore lectitasse, Val. Max. 8, 8, 1: flores, Arn. 5, 183.
  2. II. To read often, with eagerness, or with attention (class.): Pyrrhi te video libros lectitasse, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1: auctores quos nunc lectito, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: Platonem studiose, id. Brut. 31, 121: libros non legendos sed lectitandos, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 8: libros conquisitos lectitatosque, Tac. A. 14, 51: orationes, to read aloud, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 12.

* lectĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [lectio], a short or light reading: matutina tempora lectiunculis consumpseris, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1.

lecto, āre, 1, v. freq. [2. lego], = lectito, Vet. Schol. Hor. S. 1, 6, 122; cf. Charis. 142 P.

Lecton (Lectum), i, n., = Λέκτον, a promontory on the coast of Troy, now C. Baba, Liv. 37, 37; Plin. 5, 32, 32, § 123; 9, 17, 29, § 62.

lector, ōris, m. [2. lego], one who reads.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen., a reader: cum enim Brutus duos lectores excitasset, et alteri orationem legendam dedisset, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223: nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam fortunae vicissitudines, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4: se lectori credere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 214: otiosus, Quint. 4, 2, 4: adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae, Juv. 1, 13.
    2. B. In partic., a slave who read aloud to his master: unum aliquem constituere lectorem, Quint. 2, 5, 6: lectorem inducere, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 2.
  2. II. Transf., an officer in the Christian Church: itaque hodie diaconus, qui cras lector, Tert. adv. Haeretic. 41; Sid. Ep. 4, 25.

lectrix, īcis, f. [lector], a female reader, Inscr. ap. Fabr. p. 311, n. 347; cf. Cledon. p. 1893 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 159.

* lectŭālis, e, adj. [2. lectus], of or belonging to the bed: morbus, which confines one to his bed, Spart. Hadr. 23 dub. (al. letalis).

lectŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. lectus], of or belonging to the bed, bed- (late Lat.): lectuaria (lecticaria) sindon, Non. 537, 21.

lectŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. lectus], a cosey couch, a bed.

  1. I. In gen.: qui sese illa ipsa nocte me in meo lectulo interfecturos pollicerentur, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: philosophi in suis lectulis plerumque moriuntur, id. Fin. 2, 30, 97: a ducenda uxore sic abhorret, ut quicquam libero lectulo neget esse jucundius, single, id. Att. 14, 13: testis mihi lectulus, Juv. 9, 77.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A small couch for reclining on at meals, an eatingcouch: statuite hic lectulos, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 6: lectuli Puniciani, Cic. Mur. 36, 75.
    2. B. A funeral-bed, bed of state, Tac. A. 16, 11.
    3. C. A reading-couch, lounge, settee, sofa, Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38.
    4. D. A bridal-bed, Mart. 10, 38, 7; in full, lectulus matrimonialis, Quint. Decl. 1, 13.

lectŭrĭo, īre, v. desid. a. [2. lego], to desire to read, be inclined to read (late Lat.), Sid. Ep. 9, 7; 2, 10.

1. lectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 2. lego.

2. lectus, i, m. (nom. lectum, i, n., Dig. 32, 1, 52, § 9; 34, 2, 19, § 8; lectus, ūs, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 15; al. lecti; Sen. Ep. 95, 72 Haas; Cornif. ap. Prisc. 711 P.) [Gr. λέχος, ἄλοχος, λόχος, λόχμη; Lat. lectica; cf. Germ. Lager], a couch, bed.

  1. I. In gen.: meum quidem te lectum certe occupare non sinam, Plaut. Truc. 5, 71: dapsilis, id. ib. 1, 1, 34: standumst in lecto, id. Men. 1, 1, 26: lecti loris subtenti, Cato, R. R. 10: in lecto esse, Cic. Fam. 9, 23; id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: lecto teneri, to be confined to one’s bed, id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 16: surgere lecto, Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 31: descendere lecto, Tib. 1, 2, 19 (al. derepere): lectus Proculā minor, too short for, Juv. 3, 203: pedes lecti, in quo cubat Dialis, luto tenui circumlitos esse oportet, Gell. 10, 15, 14 sqq.
    Plur.: lectos eburatos, auratos (advexit), Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A bridal bed: lectus genialis, the nuptial-bed, which, after the marriage, was called adversus (because it stood opposite the door): genialis, Cic. Clu. 5 fin.: adversus, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 85: jugalis, Verg. A. 4, 496: aucupor in lecto mendaces caelibe somnos, Ov. H. 13, 107.
    2. B. A couch for reclining on at meals, a dining- or eating-couch, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: lecto recumbere, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1: in imo lecto residere, Suet. Aug. 64.
    3. C. A couch or settee on which it was customary to read or write, a reading-couch, Sen. Ep. 72, 2.
    4. D. A funeral bed or couch, a bier: flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto, Tib. 1, 1, 61: lecto funebri aptatus, Petr. 114: corpus ipsum impositum lecto erat, Quint. 6, 1, 31.

3. lectus, ūs, m. [2. lego],

  1. I. a reading, Prisc. 1221 P.
  2. II. = 2. lectus, q. v.

lēcythĭnus, a, um, adj. [λήκυθος], of or belonging to an oil-flask: oleum lecythinum, oil from the flask (al. legitimo or lecythi), Petr. 21.

lēcythus, i, m., = λήκυθος, a flask, cruise, Vulg. 3 Reg. 17, 12.

1. Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Λήδα,

  1. I. the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77: pueri Ledae, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.
    She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21: Lede, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.
    1. A. Lit.: Ledaei dei, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also, Lacones, Mart. 1, 37, 2: Helena, Verg. A. 7, 364: Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda), id. ib. 3, 328: ovum, a swan’s egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf. olores, id. 1, 54, 8: Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it, id. 4, 25, 5; cf. Cyllarus, Stat. S. 1, 1, 54: astrum, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.
    2. B. Poet., transf.
      1. 1. Spartan: Phalantum, Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3: gurges, i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45.
      2. 2. Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ): Xanthippus, Sil. 4, 358.

2. lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēdās, ae, m., the name of a man, Juv. 6, 63.

Lēdŭs, i, m., a river in Gallia Narbonensis, now Lez, Sid. Pan. 813; Mel. 2, 5.

lēgālis, e, adj. [lex], of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.): genus quaestionis, Quint. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. 3, 6, 86 sq.: quaestiones, id. 3, 6, 46: status, id. 3, 6, 45: tractatus, id. 3, 8, 4: vita, according to the (divine) law, pious, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 25.
Hence, adv.: lēgālĭter, according to law, legally: adversarium provocare legaliter, Cassiod. Ep. 4, 37: de homicidiis Moyses legaliter dicit, i. e. in laying down the law, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 5 prooem.

* lĕgārĭum, ĭi, n. [2. lego], pulse, legumes, Varr. R. R. 1, 32.

lēgātārĭus, a, um, adj. [legatum], enjoined by a last will or testament (postclass.).

  1. I. Adj.: editiones, Tert. Spect. 6.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. Lēgātārĭus, ii, m., one to whom something is left by will, a legatee, Suet. Galb. 5; Dig. 41, 3, 14; Gai. Inst. 2, 195: antequam legatarius admittat legatum, id. ib. 2, 200.
    2. B. Lēgātārĭa, ae, f., a female legatee, Dig. 19, 11, 43; 33, 4, 2.

lēgātīcĭus, v. legativus.

lēgātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. lego], the sending of an ambassador; hence, the office of an ambassador, an embassy, legation.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: cum legatione in provinciam esset profectus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9: legationem obire, id. Ac. 2, 2, 5: is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit, Caes. B. G. 1, 3: legationis officium conficere, id. B. C. 3, 103: in legationem proficisci, Liv. 21, 63: in legatione esse, Quint. 7, 1, 50: legatio male gesta, id. 4, 4, 5: munus legationis recusare, Caes. B. C. 1, 33: legationem renuntiare, to make a report or give an account of one’s embassy, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.; v. renuntio, I. B.: legationem ementiri, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 7: a Treveris Germanos crebris legationibus sollicitari, Caes. B. G. 6, 2: per legationes petere foedus, Tac. A. 2, 45.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Libera legatio, a free legation, i. e. permission granted to a senator to visit one or more provinces on his private affairs in the character of an ambassador, but without performing the duties of one (such an embassy was called free, because while it lasted the holder of it was at liberty to come to the city of Rome and leave it again without resigning his office): negotiorum suorum causa legatus est in Africam legatione libera, Cic. Fam. 12, 21: habent opinor liberae legationes definitum tempus lege Julia, id. Att. 15, 11; called simply legatio, id. Leg. 3, 8, 18; id. Fl. 34: qui libera legatione abest, non videtur rei publicae causa abesse: hic enim non publici causa, sed sui abest, Dig. 50, 7, 14.
      2. 2. Legatio votiva, a free embassy assumed for the purpose (often a mere pretext) of paying a vow in a province, Cic. Att. 4, 2 fin.; 15, 8; 15, 11.
      3. 3. The charge of a legatus Augusti (v. legatus, B. 2.), Tac. Agr. 9; v. Orell. ad h. l.
  2. II. Transf., the persons attached to an embassy, an embassy, legation: communem legationem ad Crassum mittunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: cujus legationis Divico princeps fuit, id. ib. 1, 13: quas legationes Caesar ad se reverti jussit, id. ib. 2, 35: ab Eumene legatio de victoria gratulatum venit, Liv. 45, 13.

lēgātīvus, a, um, adj. [1. lego].

  1. I. Of or relating to an embassy (post-class.): viaticum, or absol. lēgātīvum, i, n., an ambassador’s expenses: viaticum, quod legativum dicitur, Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 12: his, qui non gratuitam legationem susceperunt, legativum ex forma restituitur, ib. 50, 7, 2, § 3 (al. legaticium).
  2. II. Left by a last will or testament, Inscr. Orell. 3817.

* lēgātor, ōris, m. [1. lego], one who leaves something by will, a testator: voluntas legatoris, Suet. Tib. 31.

lēgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [legatus], of or belonging to a deputy: provincia, one given to a senator as deputy or lieutenant, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1 B. and K. (dub.; Orell. locatoria).

lēgātum, i, n., v. 1. lego fin. 2.

lēgātus, i, v. 1. lego fin. 1.

lĕgĭbĭlis, e, adj. [2. lego], that may be read, legible (post-class.): si legibilia sunt inconsulto deleta, Dig. 28, 4, 1.

lēgĭcrĕpa, νομοδίφας, Gloss. Philox.

lēgĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [lex-fero], lawgiving (poet.).

  1. I. Adj.: Minos, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 41: legifera Ceres (as the foundress of the social life of mankind), Verg. A. 4, 58.
  2. II. Subst.: lēgĭfer, ĕri, m., a law-giver, applied to Moses, Lact. 4, 17, 7; Tert. Apol. 19 fin.; Prud. στεφ. 3, 363; Vulg. Isa. 33, 22.

lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers: legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
      1. 2. Trop.: sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat, his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

lĕgĭōnārĭus, a, um, adj. [legio], of or belonging to a legion, legionary: miles, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 5; cf.: legionarii milites legionis decimae, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: cohortes, id. ib. 3, 11; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 41: equites, Liv. 35, 5; Veg. Mil. 2, 2.

lēgĭrŭpa, ae, m. [lex-rumpo], a lawbreaker (ante- and post-class.): perjure, legirupa, pernicies adolescentum, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 130; cf. id. Rud. 3, 2, 38; id. Ps. 4, 2, 19: legirupam damnare, id. Pers. 1, 2, 16; Prud. Ham. 239; cf. the foll. art.

* lēgĭrŭpĭo, ōnis, m. [lex-rumpo], a law-breaker, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 4.

lēgis-doctor (also written separately), ōris, m., a doctor or teacher of the law, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 25; Vulg. Act. 5, 34.

lēgislātio, ōnis, f. [lex-latum, sup. of fero], the giving of the law, Vulg. Rom. 9, 4.

lēgis-lātor and lēgum-lātor (in class. authors usu. written separately; v. lator), ōris, m., a law-giver, legislator: noster legumlator, Liv. 34, 31; Quint. 7, 8, 13; id. Decl. 329; 334: legislator, Val. Max. 6, 5, n. 3 ext.: non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse, Gai. Inst. 3, 76 al.

lēgis-pĕrītus, i, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 7, 30.

lēgĭtĭmē, adv., v. legitimus fin.

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Adj.: dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128: legitimum imperium habere, id. Phil. 11, 10, 26: potestas, id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74: scriptum, id. Inv. 2, 43, 125: controversiae legitimae et civiles, which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109: aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem, Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25: impedimentum, a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24: poena, Suet. Claud. 14: crimen, laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3: filius (opp. nothus), legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia, ib. 6, 4, 2: conjux, Ov. M. 10, 437: legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare, Juv. 6, 200.
    2. B. Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare): legitimis quibusdam confectis, Nep. Phoc. 4, 2: custodite legitima mea, precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.: legitimum sempiternum erit, id. Exod. 28, 43.
  2. II. Transf., in gen.
    1. A. l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.): quaestiones, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13: verba, Gell. 11, 1, 4: scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia, Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq.
    2. B. Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.): numerus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57: in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae, id. Fam. 7, 6, 1: illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc., id. Brut. 21, 82: poëma facere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109: sonus, id. A. P. 274: insania, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178: verba, Ov. F. 2, 527: partus, right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.: spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc., Suet. Aug. 45: olus, Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.
      In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.): fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64: seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere, but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.
      Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.
      1. 1. According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately: is qui legitime procurator dicitur, Cic. Caecin. 20, 57: juste et legitime imperanti, id. Off. 1, 4, 13: non nisi legitime vult nubere, Juv. 10, 338.
      2. 2. Transf., duly, properly: faex legitime cocta, Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64: studere, Tac. Or. 32: legitime fixis tabellis, Juv. 12, 100.

lĕgĭto, āre, v. freq. a., to read often, Prisc. p. 825 P.

* lĕgĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [legio], a small legion, Liv. 35, 49, 10.

1. lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic 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.

  1. I. A publicist’s t. t.
    1. 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, id. 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.
      1. 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.
        1. b. Beyond the official sphere: quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas? committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.
    2. 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.
  2. 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.
    1. 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. 1. lēgātus, i, m.
    1. 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.
    2. B. (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
        1. 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, id. 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.
        2. 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.
          1. (β) 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.
      1. 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.

2. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum (gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. λέγω, λόγος, λογάς, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: oleam, Cato, R. R. 144: nuces, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: herbas collibus, Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.: roscida mala, id. ib. 8, 38: flores in calathos, Ov. F. 5, 218: spolia caesorum, Liv. 5, 39: quos (montanos asparagos), Juv. 11, 69.
      Of the dead who have been burned: ossa, Ov. H. 10, 150: homini mortuo ossa, Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11: reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis, Suet. Aug. 100.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. To take out, pick out, extract, remove: quibusdam et radi ossa et legiquae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant, Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2: ossa vivis, id. ad Marc. 22, 3: ossa in capite lecta, id. Ben. 5, 24, 3: ossa e vulneribus, Quint. 6, 1, 30.
      2. 2. To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.): oleam qui legerit, Cato, R. R. 144, 1: ficus non erat apta legi, Ov. F. 2, 254.
      3. 3. Poet.: legere fila, to wind up: extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.: quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro, Ov. F. 3, 462: stamen, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).
      4. 4. Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl: omnis navita ponto umida vela legit, Verg. G. 1, 373: vela legunt socii, id. A. 3, 532: ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu, Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13: prora funem legit Argus ab alta, draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312: ancoras classis legit, is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.
      5. 5. To take to one’s self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4: majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere, Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.: sacra divum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 117: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).
      6. 6. Of places, to go, pass, or wander through (poet.): nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit, Ov. M. 5, 579: pars cetera pontum Pone legit, sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207: vada dura lego, id. ib. 3, 706: freta, id. ib. 3, 127: aequora Afra, Ov. F. 4, 289: Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit, id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one’s footsteps, to track or pursue him: subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu, id. M. 3, 17; cf.: et vestigia retro Observata legit, Verg. A. 9, 392: tortos orbes, to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.
      7. 7. To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.): Inarimen Prochytenque legit, Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7: navibus oram Italiae, Liv. 21, 51 fin.: oram Campaniae, Suet. Tib. 11; cf. terram, id. Aug. 16.
      8. 8. Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.): alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris, pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160: judices, Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16: omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet, id. Fin. 4, 15, 40: scribam, to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126: condiciones nubendi, id. Cael. 15: cives in patres, Liv. 23, 22: viros ad bella, Ov. M. 7, 669: geminasque legit de classe biremes, Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632: senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit, Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.
          1. * (β) With inf.: fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem, Stat. Th. 1, 530.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. * A. To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation: nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).
    2. B. To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
      1. * 1. In gen.: tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere, Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.
      2. 2. In partic., to read or peruse a writing: ut eos libros per te ipse legeres, Cic. Top. 1: defensionem causae, id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112: legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc., id. Ac. 2, 45, 137: aliquid studiose intenteque, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1: significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc., id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter, Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1: orationem, Quint. 1, 1, 6: aiunt multum legendum esse non multa, Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.
        With a pers. obj.: antiquos et novos, Quint. 2, 5, 23: antiquos studiosius, id. 3, 6, 62: poëtas, id. 1, 4, 4.
        In pass.: Horatius fere solus legi dignus, Quint. 10, 1, 96: si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus, id. 10, 1, 116: dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5: sepulcra legens, when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21: legentium plerisque, Liv. 1 praef. § 4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati, to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Juv. 13, 121.
        Absol.: legendi usus, Lact. 3, 25, 9: memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit, Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.
        1. b. In partic.
          1. (α) To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors): convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc., Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8: audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius, Plin. Ep. 9, 34: obturem impune legentibus aures, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105: quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo, with recitation, id. A. P. 475: quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti, to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.
          2. (β) To find in an author or a writing: ut scriptum legimus, Cic. Deiot. 7, 19: legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc., id. N. D. 2. 49 init.: ego vero haec scripta legi, id. Planc. 39, 94: praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas, Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.
            Pass.: in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur, Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.
    3. C. A publicist’s t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors; v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt, Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.
      Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.
      Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.
      Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so, argentum, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3: ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi, id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29: uxor lectissima, id. Inv. 1, 31, 52: (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti, id. de Or. 3, 37, 150: nihil est aliudpulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere, id. Or. 68, 227: juvenum lectissime, Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.: viginti lectis equitum comitatus, Verg. A. 9, 48.
      Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare): ab lego lecte ac lectissime, Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.
      Comp.: lectius, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

legŭla, ae, f., a flap: auris, the earflap (late Lat.): aurium legulae, Sid. Ep. 1, 2: Legula, μύτρον, Gloss. Philox.

lēgŭlēïus, i, m. [lex], a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger, one who depends on legal technicalities for getting the better of his opponent: leguleius quidam cautus et acutus, Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236: formularii, vel ut Cicero ait, leguleii, Quint. 12, 3, 11.

lĕgŭlus, i, m. [2. lego], a gatherer, collector; esp. one who picked up the fallen olives (opp. strictor, he who beat or shook them from the tree; ante- and post-class.): ab legendo leguli, qui oleam aut qui uvas legunt, Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 5, § 94: legulos quot opus erunt, praebeto et strictores, Cato, R. R. 144: leguli volunt ut olea caduca quam plurima sit, quo plus legatur, id. ib. 64; Calp. Ecl. 3, 49.

lĕgūmen, ĭnis, n. [2. lego], pulse, any leguminous plant.

  1. I. In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 32; Plin. 18, 17, 46, § 165; Col. 2, 7, 1; 2, 10, 1; 18, 7, 10: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156; Caes. B. C. 3, 47 fin.: ventri indulgere omne legumen, Juv. 15, 174: frugibus legatis, legumina continentur, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 78.
    Collect. sing., Petr. S. 135, 5.
  2. II. In partic., the bean: laetum siliqua quassante legumen, Verg. G. 1, 74.

* lĕgūmentum, i, n. [legumen], pulse (for legumen), Gell. 4, 11, 4.

lĕgūmĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [legumen], of or belonging to pulse: NEGOTIATRIX LEGVMINARIA, dealing in pulse, Inscr. Orell. 3093.
Subst.: lĕgūmĭnārĭus, ὀσπριοπώλης, Gloss. Philox.

leiostrĕa (līostrĕa), ae, f., = λειόστρεον, an oyster with a smooth shell, Lampr. Heliog. 19, 6.

Lĕlĕges, um, m., = Λέλεγες,

  1. I. a Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece (in Caria, lonia, Mysia, Thessaly, Locris, Megara), Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27; 5, 30, 33, § 127; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 9, 645; Luc. 6, 383.
    In sing.: hac Ixionides, illa Troezenius heros parte Lelex, the Lelegeian, as a proper name, Ov. M. 8, 566.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Lĕ-lĕgēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Leleges, Lelegeian: litora, i. e. the coast of Megara, Ov. M. 8, 8: moenia, i. e. Megara, id. ib. 7, 443.
    2. B. Lĕlĕgēis, ĭdis, adj., Lelegeian, Asiatic: nymphae Lelegeides, Ov. M. 9, 651.
      Subst., an early name of Miletus, because formerly inhabited by the Leleges, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112.

lĕlē̆pris, is, f., a fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149.

lēma, ae, f., = λήμη, a humor or rheum that gathers in the corner of the eye (also called grāmiae), Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49.

Lĕmannus, i, m. (with or without lacus), the Lake of Geneva.
Without lacus: deseruere cavo tentoria fixa Lemanno, Luc. 1, 396; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224.
With lacus: Rhodanus, Lemanno lacu acceptus tenet impetum, Mel. 2, 5, 5; 2, 5, 1; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; Luc. 1, 396; Mart. Cap. 6, § 635.

lembŭlus, i, m. dim. [lembus], a small boat, a wherry, Prud. στεφ. 5, 455.

lembuncŭlus, i, v. 2. lenunculus.

lembus, i, m., = λέμβος, a small fastsailing vessel with a sharp prow, a pinnace, yacht, cutter: lembus genus navicellae velocissimae, quod et dromonis nomine appellamus, Fulg. Exp. Serm. 564, 6; Att. ap. Non. 534, 5: celerare lembum, Turp. ib. 7: lembo advehitur pauxillulo, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 81: ascendi in lembum, id. ib. 2, 1, 35: ducit lembum jam dierectum navis praeditoria, id. Men. 2, 3, 87: classis lemborum, Liv. 45, 10; 34, 35: qui adverso vix flumine lembum Remigiis subigit, Verg. G. 1, 201: piratici lembi, Curt. 4, 5, 18.

lemma, ătis, n., = λῆμμα, a subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents (not ante-Aug.; in Cic. only written as Greek).

  1. I. Lit.: lemma sibi sumpsit, quod ego interdum versibus ludo, Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The title of an epigram, because it indicates the subject: lemmata si quaeris, cur sint ascripta, docebo: Ut si malueris lemmata sola legas, Mart. 14, 2, 1; Aus. Parent. praef.
    2. B. The epigram itself: si mihi ex hoc ipso lemmate secundus versus occurrerit, Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3: consumpta est uno si lemmate pagina, transis, Mart. 10, 59, 1.
    3. C. A story, tale: nutricis lemmata, nursery-tales, Aus. Ep. 16, 90.
    4. D. The assumption or lemma of a syllogism: est vitium insidiosum et sub falsa lemmatis specie latens, Gell. 9, 16, 7; v. sumptio.

Lemnĭăcus, a, um, v. Lemnos, II. B.

Lemnĭas, adis, v. Lemnos, II. D.

Lemnĭcŏla, ae, v. Lemnos, II. E.

Lemnĭensis, e, adj., v. Lemnos, II. C.

lemniscātus, a, um, adj. [lemniscus], adorned with pendent ribbons: corona, Serv. Verg. A. 5, 269; 6, 772: palma, lit., a palm-branch ornamented with ribbons, the highest reward of a victor; hence, transf., for highest reward: palma (as the reward for a murder), Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; Tert. Anim. 1.

lemniscus, i, m., = λημνίσκος.

  1. I. A pendent (purple?) ribbon, fastened to a victor’s crown, at first of linden-bast or wool, afterwards of gold. A crown adorned with such a ribbon was the highest reward of a victor: tenuissimae earum (tiliarum), philyrae, coronarum lemniscis celebres, antiquorum honore, Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65: lemnisci id est fascicolae coloriae, dependentes ex coronis, propterea dicuntur, quod antiquissimum fuit genus coronarum lanearum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.; Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.
    Such crowns were given as especial honors to guests at a feast: unguenta atque odores, lemniscos, corollas dari dapsilas, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21: coronae datae lemniscis aureis interpositis, Capitol. Verr. 5: turba coronas lemniscosque jacientium, Liv. 33, 33, 2: ingestaeque aves, ac lemnisci, et bellaria, Suet. Ner. 25.
    Crowns ornamented in this manner were given, also, to the victors in public games and to poets: et quae jamdudum tibi palma poëtica pollet, Lemnisco ornata est, quo mea palma caret, Aus. Epist. 20, 5; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100.
  2. II. A tent or roll of lint dipped in a medicament, Veg. Vet. 2, 14, 3; 2, 48, 7 (in Cels. 7, 28, written as Greek).

Lemnos and Lemnus, i, f., = Λῆμνος,

  1. I. the island of Lemnos, in the Ægean Sea; in mythology, the abode of Vulcan; it was also here that Philoctetes was left behind; now Lemno or Stalimeni, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 4; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 49; Mel. 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73; Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55; id. Fat. 16, 36; Ov. M. 13, 46; 313; Stat. Th. 5, 49; Val. Fl. 2, 87 et saep.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Lemnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lemnos, Lemnian: quia tibi alia est sponsa locuples Lemnia, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 25: litora, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 11 Müll.: furtum, i. e. of Prometheus, who stole the fire from Vulcan at Lemnos, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: saxum, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: pater, i. e. Vulcan, Verg. A. 8, 454: turba, the women of Lemnos, who in one night all killed their husbands, Ov. Ib. 398: rubrica, a kind of red chalk, Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 88; 29, 5, 33, § 104.
      Absol.: Lemnĭus, i, m., Vulcan: Lemnius extemplo valvas patefecit eburnas, Ov. M. 4, 185.
      Subst.: Lemnii, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Lemnos, Lemnians, Nep. Milt. 1.
    2. B. Lemnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Lemnian: nec major ab antris Lemniacis fragor est, i. e. Vulcan’s forge in Lemnos, Stat. S. 3, 1, 131: catenae, the fetters made by Vulcan in Lemnos with which to bind Venus and Mars, id. Th. 3, 274; Mart. 5, 7, 7.
    3. C. Lemnĭen-sis, e, adj., Lemnian: sua cognata Lemniensis, from Lemnos, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 99.
    4. D. Lemnĭas, ădis, f., = Λημνιάς, a Lemnian woman, Ov. H. 6, 53.
      With Gr. form of dat. plur.: Lemniasi gladios in mea damna dabo, Ov. A. A. 3, 672.
      Adj.: exsul, i. e. Hypsipyle, Stat. Th. 5, 500.
    5. E. Lem-nĭcŏla, ae, m., the dweller in Lemnos, a surname of Vulcan: Lemnicolae stirps, i. e. Erichthonius, son of Vulcan, Ov. M. 2, 757.

Lemonĭa trĭbus, a rustic tribe on the Via Latina, Cic. Planc. 16, 38; id. Phil. 9, 7, 15; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll.

lēmōnĭum and līmōnĭum, ii, n., = λειμώνιον, the wild beet, Plin. 25, 9, 61, § 108 (al. molenonium); id. 20, 8, 28, § 72.

Lĕmŏvīces, um, m., a people of Aquitanian Gaul, neighbors of the Arverni; their name, as applied to their ancient capital, is preserved in the modern form of Limoges, Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 6; 7, 75, 3; Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109.

Lemovĭi, ōrum, m., a Germanic people on the Baltic, bordering on the Rugii: Rugii et Lemovii, Tac. G. 43.

lemuncŭlus, πίτυλος, σκαφίδιον, Gloss. Lat. Gr. [lembus].

Lĕmŭres, um, m., shades, ghosts of the departed.

  1. I. Lit.: Lemures animas dixere silentum, Ov. F. 5, 483.
    1. B. Transf., in gen., ghosts, spectres: lemures larvae nocturnae et terrificationes imaginum et bestiarum, Non. 135, 15 sq.: somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures portentaque Thessala rides, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 209: tunc nigri lemures ovoque pericula rupto, Pers. 5, 185.
      Hence,
  2. II. Lĕmū-rĭa, ōrum, n., a festival held on the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May to appease the ghosts of the departed: nocturna, Ov. F. 5, 421 sq.

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