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