legionarius Latin · revision 31203

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫɛ.ɡi.oːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [le.d͡ʒi.oˈnaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''legiōnārius''' (feminine legiōnāria, neuter legiōnārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|legiō|t=legion]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The noun comes from [[m|la|legō|t=to gather, choose]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*lege-]] and [[ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to collect]], cognate with [[grc|λέγω|tr=légō|t=to collect, count, speak]].^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Caesar on,^(TLL) who has ''legiōnāriī mīlitēs legiōnis decimae'', “legionary soldiers of the Tenth Legion”;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Asinius Pollio, in a letter to Cicero, has ''legiōnārius mīles'';^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is of or belonging to a legion, as Caesar's legionary cohorts, and as a masculine noun a legionary soldier, as Caesar's “the legionaries had some grain, the light-armed and auxiliaries none”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy and Tacitus also use the noun.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of legionary soldiers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|legion]], [[m|en|legionary]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A legionary soldier.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[legiō]]

+ * [[legō]]

+ * [[mīles]]

+ * [[auxiliāris]]

+ * [[en|legionary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}