JLEC 
LEG 
LEG 
furnished with curtains against dust 
and the sun, &c. — They were fre¬ 
quently sufficiently large to accommo¬ 
date several persons. Tacit. Hist. 3, 6 . 
Suet. JVer. 9. — Cic. Lectica scutorum, 
h. c. filled with shields. - IT Figur. 
Pl.in. arbor is, h. e. that part uf the trunk 
of a tree from which the branches spring. 
LeCTICaRIOLX (lecticarius), re, f. the 
3 mistress of a litter-bearer or sedan-carrier. 
Martial. 
LkCTTCaRIOS (lectica), ii, m. the bearer 
of a litter or sedan ; litter-bearer , chair 
man, sedan-man, K\ivo<p6pos, j>opeio<p6 
pof. Cic .— In early times, slaves were 
employed as Ler.ticarii , but afterwards 
the poorest citizens and liberti, who 
were divided into corpora. Inscript. ap 
Grater. 
LSCTiOjLX (dimin. of lectica-), a, f. a 
small chair or sedan, shiviStov. Cic. Lecti- 
cula in curiam esse delatum. —— IT Al¬ 
so, a sofa, couch , settre used by day in 
studying, &c. Suet. Oct. 78. 
LflCTtS (lego), onis, f. a gathering, col 
lecting, eruA \oyy. Colam. lapidum.- 
IT Also, a reading, dodyvooi;. Cic. Ii 
broruin. Hep. Neque unquam sine ali 
qua lectione apud eum ccenatum est.— 
Hence, Liv. Lectio senatus, Ii. e. a callin 
oner of the names of the senators, which, at 
the time of the republic, was done by 
the censor, who read the names of the 
most worthy first, and, by passing over 
those of unworthy senators, ejected 
them from the senate. — Also, that which 
is read, the words, text, piece, letter. Am- 
mian. juris, h. e. the letter of the law, the 
law. -IT Also, a choosing, choice, a'lpe- 
m;. Cic. Judices, quorum lectione du¬ 
plex imprimeretur reipuhlicre dedecus. 
LsCTISTeR.NI aT 5R (lectisternium), 
3 oris, m. he that prepared and arranged the 
table and couches for reclining thereat. 
Phut. 
LECTiSTioRNrUiM (lectus & sterno), i, n. 
an entertainment for the gods, when their 
images were laid on pillows or couches 
(lecti), and food was served up for them 
in public. Liv. This entertainment was 
provided by priests called Epulones. Id 
LeCTTTS (frequentat. of lego, ere), as. 
avi, atum, a. 1 . to gather often, gather 
here and there, collect. Hal. Max’. 
IT Also, to read often, read again and 
attain,-peruse. Cic. Pyrrhi te video li- 
broslectitasse. Flirt. Ep. Non legendos 
libros, seil lectitandos. 
LeCTIuN COL A (dimin. of lectio), a, f. a 
I short rending, a reading. Cic. Quin per 
eos dies matutina tempora lectiunculis 
consumpseris. 
LeCTS (frequentat. of lego, ere), as, avi, 
alum, a. 1. to read often, read. Herat. 
Aut ego lecto, aut scripto, quod me taci¬ 
turn juvet (but here it may be the all. 
irom lectus). 
Lector (lego, ere) , oris, m. a reader, dva- 
miTHK. Cic., Virg., Sr. c. —— TTAIso, 
a person (generally a slave) employed to 
r I™ to anot&er. PHn. Ep. and Sucton. 
CLtaLIS (lectus), e, adj. Spartian. In 
J norbum incidit lgctualem, h. e. qui din 
n lecto ffigroturri detinet, li. e. causing 
I fPT u confining him to his bed. 
1 ' 7 ® (dimin. of lectus), i, m. a 
mall couch or bed, a couch, bed, icXtviSi- 
Lie. Liber lectulus. Id. Insuolectu 
m 1 j° r !l die in his bed, or to die a natu 
,, ea ' L -IT Also, a couch, sofa or 
*Mnto study on. Plin. Ep. and Ovid. 
, J ?°> a couch to recline on at table. 
Tacit aU ^ -IT Also, a funeral bier. 
3 (desiderat. of lego, ere), is, Ire, 
LeCTcsi deslr f to read, dvayvaaeL-o. Sidon. 
or Itf**** frora tetrpov, i, m. a bed 
Cic CUbinfln^ °"’ eivil ’ ^ KTpnv ■ 
h » i 7 . a ? 3 > or simply, Id. lectus, 
/,'. e f to s - ee l> in. Id. Lecto teneri, 
Lpr'hio ■ c ?. n fi ll cd to one’s bed. Virg. 
he„ JUgaUs > and i simply. Ovid, lectus, 
a'L l! y r h n , a ? c : bed - Cic. genial is, h. e. 
""as called’) Vll ' Ch after the nu P tials 
Was then adv fesus, Prop, because it 
inthpont^J 1 ^ e ^ ore the chamber-door 
"to,e/!X Ch , a ? ber - 0vUl ■ h - *• 
lecto,A r , tn^'n P ™ p ‘ Vacuo vivere 
h f d-fdUi W ' ^ a single life, to have no 
ridine m,'„ 777 , „ 0 ’ a so f a or couch to 
at table. This couch was pro- 
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vided with cushions, and contained gen¬ 
erally three persons. Cic. Hence, Herat. 
Lectis Archiacis recumbere. Suet. In 
imo lecto adsidere. Plant. Lectu 3 est 
stratus-IT Also, a couch, bed, sofa, 
settee used by day to rest or read on. 
Setwc. (See, also, Lectulus.) -IT Also, a 
bed or couch on which a corpse teas laid, a 
bed of stale, a bier or hearse. Prop. Om¬ 
nia crede mihijsecum uno munera lecto 
auferet extremi funoris atra dies. Suet. 
Lectum in forum detulerunt.-IT The 
genit. Lectus is found in Plant. — In Pan¬ 
dect. it occurs as a neuter, Lectum. 
LeCTOS, us, in. See Lectus, i. 
LeOTiIS, a, um, partic. from lego.- 
IT Adj. chosen, selected. Cic. pueri. Id. 
verba. Id. Verba lectissima. —- Hence, 
choice, excellent., exquisite. Cic. Vir lec- 
tissimus. Id. Femina lectior. Herat. 
vinum Massicum. —Also, good. Terent. 
argentum, h. e. good money. 
LeDX, ie, f. a plant. _ See Lada. 
LeDX, a, f. or LicDe, es, f. the daughter of 
Tie st, ius, and wife of Tyndarus Icing of 
Laconia, with whom Jupiter, -tinder the 
form of a sioan, had an intrigue: Leda 
brought forth two eggs, one immortal, from, 
which were born Pollux and Helen, the 
other, mortal, from which Castor and, 
Clytcmnestra were produced. Ovid. - 
IT Hence, Ledaus, a, um, adj. of or per¬ 
taining to Leda; also, Spartan. Virg. 
Ledaa Helena. Ovid. Ledteis tem- 
pla dicata deis, h. e. Castor and Pollux» 
Martial. Ledaii olores. Id. Ledteum 
ovum, h. e. of a swan. Id. Ledaus Ti- 
mavus, h. e. quia redeunte Castore cum 
Argonautis, Cyllarus ejus equus eo flu- 
viositiin depul it. Virg. Ledaa Hermi- 
one, li. e. granddaughter of Leda. Lucan. 
Ledaa sidera, h. c. the constellation Castor 
and Pollux, or Gemini. So, Martial. Le- 
dffium astrum. Stat. Cyllarus Ledaus. 
h. c. the horse of Castor. Martial. Led®* 
palastra, h. e. where Pollux exercised. 
Id. Ledaum Plialantum, h. c. Spartan; 
because Tarentum was founded by the 
Spartan Phalantus. Sil. Led®* Amycl®, 
h. e. Spartan, or in which Castor and Pollux 
were born. Id. Ledaus Xantippus, h. e. 
Amycliean. 
LeDANUAI, same as Ladannm. See Lada. 
LeGaLIS (lex), e, adj. relating or belong- 
2 ing to law, legal, vi/ptsb;. Quintil. Legale 
genus qu®stionis. Id. Legales tractatus. 
-IT Also, according to law. Tertull. 
Legalis vita, h. e. spent according to di¬ 
vine law, religious, holy. 
LeGaLTTER (legalis), adv. according to 
3 laio, legally, vopiK&s. Cassiod. 
LEGaRIUM, ii, n. same as Lermmen. 
3 Varr. 
LeGaTaRIOS (legatum), a, um, adj. of 
3 or pertaining to a legacy. Hence, Lega- 
tarius, ii, m. a legatee, one to whom a leg¬ 
acy is left. Su.eton. and Pandect. So, also, 
Legataria, ®, f. a tooman to whom a lega¬ 
cy is left. Pandect. Legataria, or °Id. 
Mulier legataria-IT Also, enjoined 
by a last will or testament. Tertull. Le- 
gatari® editiones. 
LeGaTIS (lego, are), o 
onis, f. properly, 
a sending of an ambassador. — Hence, 
an embassy, the office of an axnbassador, 
irpco-fleia. Crs. Legationem suscipere, 
h. e. to undertake. Cic. obire, h. e. to 
perform. Hep. admin istrare. Cic. Le- 
gatio libera, h. e. a free legation, with 
which the senate charged a senator, who 
went on private business or for pleasure 
into the provinces, where the title of am¬ 
bassador procured him all the privi¬ 
leges of a real ambassador. It is, also, 
simply called legatio. Cic. Leg. 3, 8 . 
Also, Legatio votiva, when the journey 
had reference to a vow. Cic. -11 Al¬ 
so, the object of an embassy, the commission 
of an ambassador, the answer which he is 
to bring bach, the report or result. Cic. 
and Liv. Legationem renuntiare, or, 
Liv. referre, h. c. to deliver a message or 
make a report of the object for which one 
is sent on an embassy, or to state the result 
of his embassy -IT Also, an embassy, 
persons employed as ambassadors. Cais. 
Legationem mittere. Cic. Legatio Ro- 
mam venit. Cws. Legationes reverti j 11 - 
bet. —— U Also, the office of a lieutenant 
(legatus) of a general or proconsul or 
proprwtor. Cic. Legationem obire. 
481 
LeGaTIVOS (Id.), adj. of or relating „„ 
3 an embassy. Pandect. Viaticum iegati- 
vum, nr, Id. Legativum (absol.), sc. 
viaticum, an allowance made to an ambas¬ 
sador for his expenses. 
LkGaTOR (Id.), oris, m. he that gives any 
2 thing by will. Sueton. 
LeGaTORIOS (legatus), a, um, adj. of or 
1 pertaining to a legatus. Cic. provincia, 
which is assigned to a legatus. 
LeGaTUM (lego, are), i, n. a legacy, be¬ 
quest. Cic. 
LeGaTOS (Id.), i, m. an ambassador, en¬ 
voy, plenipotentiary, legale, irnsa^evTfu. 
Cic. and Liu. -11 Legatus also signi¬ 
fies a lieutenant, deputy, assistant offi¬ 
cer of a general, anriaTparriyog, vrao- 
Xos- There were usually two of them, 
who commanded the wings of an army. 
Cir.s. and Liv. — In the time of the 
emperors, Legati legionum, commanders 
of a legion, are mentioned. Suet. Tib. 
19. Vcsp. 4. — Also, a deputy or chief 
assistant of the governor of a province. 
If in a consular province, where the 
governor was a proconsul, the legatus 
assisted both in the command of the 
army and in the administration of jus¬ 
tice ; if in a pr®torian province, where 
the governor was a proprietor and had 
no army, he then assisted only in the 
. administration of justice ; in the former 
case lie may he called either a legate, or 
a lieutenant; in the latter he is^called 
only a legate. Hep. Legati locum obti- 
nere. Cic. Legatum sibi legare. — In 
the time of the emperors, the governors 
sent into the provinces by the emperors 
were called legati. 7'acit. 
LEGIBILIS (lego, ere), e, adj. that may be 
3 read, legible. Pandect. 
LeGIFER (lex & fero), a, um, adj. mak- 
3 ing or giving laws, law-giving, legisla¬ 
tive, vojioSerris. Ovid. Minos legifer. 
Virg. Legifera Ceres. 
LEGI5 (lego, ere), onis, f. a legion, body 
of foot-soldiers. Of Romans. Ctcs. and 
Liv. It consisted of ten cohorts, each 
of them reckoned at 420 men, and con¬ 
sequently contained 4200 men, to whom 
were added 300 Roman horsemen. Hut 
this was not always the number; jt 
was sometimes greater, and sometimes 
less ; and to eacli legion were more 
than an equal number of auxiliaries 
added, which consisted partly of in- i, 
fantry, partly of cavalry. The whole - 
number of soldiers belonging to a legion 
amounted, therefore, to nearly 10,000 
men. The legionary soldiers were all 
Roman citizens ; but in times of extreme 
danger, slaves were enrolled among 
them. Liv. The chief standard was an 
eagle. (See Aquila.) A consul had the 
command of two legions, a pr®tor of 
one ; but in later times the command 
of each was increased. — Also, a legion 
of other nations, as, the allies, Samnites, 
Gauls, Carthaginians. Liv. - IT Also, 
in general, an army. Plaut. and Virg. 
- 11 Figur. Plaut. Legiones parat, 
h. e. aid., assistance. 
LEGToNaRIOS (legio), a, um, adj. of a 
legion, legionary. Cces. Legionaria co- 
hortes. Id. Legionarii milites. Plin. 
Ep. Centurio legionarius. 
LeGIRUPa, ®, m. and LfGIROPrS (lex 
3 & erumpo), onis, m. a breaker or violator 
of the laws. Plaut. 
LeGIROPOS (Id.), a, um, adj. breaking or 
3 violating the laws. Prudent. 
LEGISLATOR, more correctly LeGIS 
LaTOR. See Lex and Lator 
LeGITIMe (legitimus), adv. according to 
law, legally, justly, legitimately, lawfully , 
vopiptos. Cic. and Juvenal. - IT Al¬ 
so, properly, in due form. Juvenal. Le¬ 
gitime Axis vestitur tota tabellis porticos. 
Auct. dial, de Oratorib. Legitime studu- 
isse. Plin. Fax legitime cocta. 
LeGITIMOS (lex), a, um, adj. according to 
law, required or appointed by law, legal, 
laioj’ul, right, just, legitimate, vopiicbg , » 
vbpipo;. Sallust. Romani Imperium 
legitimum. Cic. Dies legitimus. Id. 
Legitimum imperium habere (to this is 
opposed extra ordine.m). Id. Potest »s 
legitima. Id. Jus legitimum. Id. Le¬ 
gitim® et civiles controversia, h. c. 
which come under the laws and are settled 
by the laws. So, Id. Legitima quastio 
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