deputation Copy link Outline I. A body of deputies1. lēgātio2. lēgāti, ōrum3. ōrātōres, um (spokesmen, men who plead a cause)II. Act of deputing1. lēgātio2. usu. better expr. by verb • deputation: I. A body of deputies: 1. lēgātio: Caes.: v. embassy. 2. lēgāti, ōrum: v. deputy, envoy. 3. ōrātōres, um (spokesmen, men who plead a cause): the Veientines send a d. to Rome to solicit peace, Veientes pacem petitum Romam oratores mittunt, Liv. Phr.: a d. was sent to beg, etc., missi sunt qui peterent, etc., Liv. II. Act of deputing: 1. lēgātio: Cic. 2. usu. better expr. by verb: v. to depute.