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lēgātus is a Latin Noun that primarily means ambassador.
Noun
ambassador, deputy
Noun
An ambassador, envoy, representative, delegate.
An assistant to a general or provincial governor, staff-officer, deputy, lieutenant, legate.
A deputy of the emperor, esp. one appointed as governor of an imperial province; (in full ~us (Augusti) pro praetore.
Adventus legatus augeo potius timor civitas quam minuo.Compare The arrival of the ambassadors increased rather than diminished the fear of the state.
Legatus sui huc revertor dico.Compare The ambassadors said they would return hither.
Eo, et post paucus dies alius decem legatus sui cum adduco.Compare They went, and a few days afterwards brought ten other ambassador with them.
Legatus ad is venio oro, ut sui ignosco suusque vita consulo.Compare Ambassadors came to him to beg that he would forgive them, and take some thought for their life.
Singular | Plural | |
Nom. | lēgātus | lēgātī |
Gen. | lēgātī | lēgātōrum |
Dat. | lēgātō | lēgātīs |
Acc. | lēgātum | lēgātōs |
Voc. | lēgāte | lēgātī |
Abl. | lēgātō | lēgātīs |
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Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "lēgātus, lēgātī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed September 8, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/legatus-legati.
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