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legitimus

Dictionary entries

  • legitimus, legitima, legitimum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = lawful, right; legitimate; real, genuine; just; proper;

    Entry →
    nom. sg. (m.)

Examples

  • A

    Liber XII

    Aulus Gellius

    "...uetus, ea forma dictum qua 'finitimus' et 'legitimus'. Sed pro eo a plerisque nunc 'aedituus' dicitur noua..."
  • G

    FRAGMENTA

    Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)

    "...haustu, Quod permutatis hora equis. Frag. XXIV. Vxor legitimus debet quasi census amari: Nec censum vellem semper amare..."
  • M

    Liber VII

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...sicut duae colliduntur, ut "nothus ante legitimum natus legitimus sit, post legitimum tantum civis". Quod de legibus, idem..."
  • M

    Liber III

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...bonis patris capiat: nothus ante legitimum natus legitimus filius sit, post legitimum natus tantum civis: in adoptionem dare..."
  • T

    Liber III

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...accusator ad populum exstitit, cuius rei iudex legitimus erat, decessitque iure suo, ut demptum de vi magistratus populi..."

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