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legitimus
legitimus
Latin
Alternative forms
- legitumus (archaic)
Adjective
lēgitimus m (feminine lēgitima, neuter lēgitimum); first/second declension
- lawful, legal, legitimate
- legal (of or pertaining to the law)
- just, proper, appropriate
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | lēgitimus | lēgitima | lēgitimum | lēgitimī | lēgitimae | lēgitima | |
| genitive | lēgitimī | lēgitimae | lēgitimī | lēgitimōrum | lēgitimārum | lēgitimōrum | |
| dative | lēgitimō | lēgitimō | lēgitimīs | ||||
| accusative | lēgitimum | lēgitimam | lēgitimum | lēgitimōs | lēgitimās | lēgitima | |
| ablative | lēgitimō | lēgitimā | lēgitimō | lēgitimīs | |||
| vocative | lēgitime | lēgitima | lēgitimum | lēgitimī | lēgitimae | lēgitima | |
Derived terms
- legitimo (Medieval Latin)
Related terms
Descendants
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References
- legitimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- legitimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LEGITIMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “legitimus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
- to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)