leguleius

Latin

Etymology

From lēx (“law”) +‎ -ulēius

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /leː.ɡuˈleː.i.us/, [ɫeː.ɡʊˈɫeː.i.ʊs]

Noun

lēgulēius m (genitive lēgulēiī or lēgulēī); second declension

A pettifogger, a pettifogging lawyer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēgulēius	lēgulēiī
Genitive	lēgulēiī lēgulēī¹	lēgulēiōrum
Dative	lēgulēiō	lēgulēiīs
Accusative	lēgulēium	lēgulēiōs
Ablative	lēgulēiō	lēgulēiīs
Vocative	lēgulēie	lēgulēiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

Italian: leguleio
Portuguese: leguleio, legulejo

See also

rabula

References

leguleius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
leguleius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
leguleius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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