legulus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin legō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin legulus

From legō (“to collect, gather”) + -ulus (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡu.lus]

Noun

legulus m (genitive legulī); second declension

1. A collector, gatherer, picker.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	legulus	legulī
genitive	legulī	legulōrum
dative	legulō	legulīs
accusative	legulum	legulōs
ablative	legulō	legulīs
vocative	legule	legulī

Synonyms

• (gatherer): collector, convector

Derived terms

• aurilegulus

Related terms

• lēctē
• lēctiō
• lēctitō
• lēctiuncula
• lēctō
• lēctor
• lēctrīx
• lēcturiō
• lēctus
• legārium
• legibilis
• legiō
• legiōnārius
• legitō
• legiuncula
• legō
• legūmen
• legūmentum
• legūminārius

References

• “legulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “legulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.