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

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

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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