delegature
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delego, delegare, delegavi, delegatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
assign/appoint; delegate/entrust (to); consign; transfer/pass; refer/attribute;
voc. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...negotio agitur, quidni spatiosa sit? Nihil ex illa delegatur, nihil alio atque alio spargitur, nihil inde fortunae traditur..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...ageret, id universum hauriret. At nunc natus infans delegatur Graeculae alicui ancillae, cui adiungitur unus aut alter..."