lego, legare, legavi, legatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | lego | legamus |
| 2 | legas | legatis |
| 3 | legat | legant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | legare |
| active | perfect | legavisse |
| passive | present | legari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | lega | legate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | legato | legatote |
| 3 | legato | leganto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | legare | legamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | legator | — |
| 3 | legator | legantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | legatus | legati |
| Gen. | legati | legatorum |
| Dat. | legato | — |
| Acc. | legatum | legatos |
| Voc. | legate | legati |
| Abl. | legato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | legata | legatae |
| Gen. | legatae | legatarum |
| Dat. | legatae | — |
| Acc. | legatam | legatas |
| Voc. | legata | legatae |
| Abl. | legata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | legatum | legata |
| Gen. | legati | legatorum |
| Dat. | legato | — |
| Acc. | legatum | legata |
| Voc. | legatum | legata |
| Abl. | legato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | legandus | — |
| Gen. | legandi | — |
| Dat. | legando | — |
| Acc. | legandum | — |
| Voc. | legande | — |
| Abl. | legando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | leganda | — |
| Gen. | legandae | — |
| Dat. | legandae | — |
| Acc. | legandam | — |
| Voc. | leganda | — |
| Abl. | leganda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | legandum | — |
| Gen. | legandi | — |
| Dat. | legando | — |
| Acc. | legandum | — |
| Voc. | legandum | — |
| Abl. | legando | — |
Supines
accusative: legatum; ablative: legatu
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...VIII. animum hercle meum, cum illa M. Ciceronis lego, imago quaedam et sonus verberum et vocum et eiulationum..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...profecta sunt, in eadem syllaba pronuntiantur, sicuti "lego, lectus" facit "lectito"; "ungo, unctus" "unctito"; "scribo, scriptus" "scriptito"; "moveo..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...cheiras echein aniontos edestou kago, Pythagoras hos ekeleve, lego. Ex eadem item opinione M. Cicero in libro..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...Bibacem" ego ut "edacem" a plerisque aliis dictum lego; "bibosum" dictum nondum etiam usquam repperi nisi apud Laberium..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...Itaque, ut supra dixi, cum haec Caecilii seorsum lego, neutiquam videntur ingrata ignavaque, cum autem Graeca comparo..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...toutou, pros to telikon thaterou synkrinomenon haireton estai. Lego de oion, ouk, ei chrysion timioteron chalkou megethos antiparaballomenon..." Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...poeta nescis? inscripta est basis indicatque nomen.' Lusìppou lego, Phidiae putavi. XLV Miles Hyperboreos modo, Marcelline, triones..."- A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...significatione id apud quemquam alium scriptum lego gravioris dumtaxat auctoritatis scriptorem; sed, ut dixi, "crepidas" et "crepidulas" prima..."