Latin

Noun

lēgātum n ‎(genitive lēgātī); second declension

1. A bequest, legacy

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: legacy
• Italian: legato

Participle

lēgātum

1. nominative neuter singular of lēgātus
2. accusative masculine singular of lēgātus
3. accusative neuter singular of lēgātus
4. vocative neuter singular of lēgātus

Verb

lēgātum

1. supine of lēgō

Etymology 2

From lēgātus ‎(“an envoy”).

Noun

lēgātum

1. accusative singular of lēgātus

References

• legatum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• legatum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LEGATUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “legatum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• legatum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• legatum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin