legatum Latin · revision 9608

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēgātum''' ''n'' (genitive lēgātī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[lēgātus]], perfect participle of [[lēgō]] “to send with a commission; to bequeath”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites his letters to Atticus.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a legacy, a bequest, as in Cicero, and Suetonius has ''lēgāta dare'' “to make bequests”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a bequest, legacy.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin lists keeping back a legacy among sins.^(DMLBS) Etymonline derives [[en|legacy]] from Medieval Latin ''lēgātia'', a mission, with the sense “property left by will” from the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius has ''lēgāta dare''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|legacy]], [[m|en|bequest]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lēgātārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēgō]]

+ * [[lēgātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}