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
- ambassador (office, not person)
- embassy
- legation
- deputy command
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēgātiō | lēgātiōnēs |
| Genitive | lēgātiōnis | lēgātiōnum |
| Dative | lēgātiōnī | lēgātiōnibus |
| Accusative | lēgātiōnem | lēgātiōnēs |
| Ablative | lēgātiōne | lēgātiōnibus |
| Vocative | lēgātiō | lēgātiōnēs |
Related terms
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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