legalis Latin · revision 4107

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la lēx}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫeːˈɡaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [leˈɡaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēgālis''' (neuter lēgāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lēx|-ālis|t1=law]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Quintilian uses it of legal questions and of the legal kind of inquiry.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Quintilian about 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or concerned with law, legal, a post-Augustan word that the TLL notes was rarer in prose than ''legitimus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Quintilian renders Plato's ''nomothetikē'' as the ''pars legalis'', legislation.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913) Tertullian uses it of a life lived according to the divine law, pious.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant legal, juridical, ruled by secular as opposed to church law, and ''dies legalis'' was a law day.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) In British sources a ''legalis homo'' was a lawworthy man.^(Köbler 2010) It lies behind [[fr|loyal]] and [[it|leale]].^(Wiktionary) English ''legal'' came from Old French or Latin in the mid-15th century, while ''loyal'' came from French in the 1530s and ''leal'' about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of legal questions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of a pious life.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''leal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''legal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1530s – English ''loyal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or concerned with law, [[m|en|legal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' According to the divine law, pious.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Lawful, ''legalis homo'', a lawworthy man.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[illēgālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lex]]

+ * [[legitimus]]

+ * [[en|legal]]

+ * [[en|loyal]]

+ * [[en|leal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}