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leguleius
leguleius
Latin
Noun
lēgulēius m (genitive lēgulēiī); second declension
- A pettifogger, a pettifogging lawyer
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēgulēius | lēgulēiī |
| genitive | lēgulēiī lēgulēī1 |
lēgulēiōrum |
| dative | lēgulēiō | lēgulēiīs |
| accusative | lēgulēium | lēgulēiōs |
| ablative | lēgulēiō | lēgulēiīs |
| vocative | lēgulēī | lēgulēiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- leguleius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- leguleius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “leguleius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.