legatio

Latin

Etymology

From lēgō (“send with a commission”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /leːˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [ɫeːˈɡaː.ti.oː]

Noun

lēgātiō f (genitive lēgātiōnis); third declension

  1. ambassador (office, not person)
  2. embassy
  3. legation
  4. deputy command

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lēgātiō lēgātiōnēs
genitive lēgātiōnis lēgātiōnum
dative lēgātiōnī lēgātiōnibus
accusative lēgātiōnem lēgātiōnēs
ablative lēgātiōne lēgātiōnibus
vocative lēgātiō lēgātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • legatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • legatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • legatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • legatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • legatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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