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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."