legatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lego, legare, legavi, legatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →lego, legere, legi, lectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...crassior ut sit umbilico, si totus tibi triduo legatur? Numquam deliciae supiniores. Lassus tam cito deficis uiator..."- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...complecti ultima, o nate, liceat; spiritus fugiens meo legatur ore: bracchia, amplexus cape. ubi membra sunt? ubi illa..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...famam tribus orationibus meruit. Multa si cum iudicio legatur dabit imitatione digna Cassius Severus, qui, si ceteris virtutibus..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fortissimus heros addat in hunc florem folioque legatur eodem." talia dum vero memorantur Apollinis ore, ecce cruor..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...denique ullius magni oratoris liber apud centumviros dictus legatur, exceptis orationibus Asinii, quae pro heredibus Urbiniae inscribuntur..."