legatorius Latin · revision 9763

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫeː.ɡaːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [le.ɡaˈtɔː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēgātōrius''' (feminine lēgātōria, neuter lēgātōrium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[lēgātus]] “envoy, deputy” with the suffix ⟨-tōrius⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨lēgātus⟩ is from [[m|la|lēgō|t=to depute]], from [[m|la|lēx|t=law]].^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Cicero's letters to Atticus, ''lēgātōria prōvincia''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or proper to a legate, a deputy; a ''prōvincia lēgātōria'' was a commission given to a senator as a legate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The TLL doubts the transmitted text of one of Cicero's passages.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or proper to a [[m|en|legate]] or deputy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēgātus]]

+ * [[lēgō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}