lĕgo Copy link Outline I. Lit.A. In gen.B. Esp.1. To take out, pick out, extract, remove ...2. To pluck, strip, gather fruit from3. Poet.4. Naut. t. t.5. To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract ...6. Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ...7. To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land ...8. Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect ...(b). With inf.II. Trop. *A. To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversationB. To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see ...1. In gen.2. In partic., to read or peruse a writingb. In partic.(a). To read out, read aloud, recite(b). To find in an author or a writingC. A publicist's t. t. ⓘlĕgit: pres ind act 3rd sglēgit: perf ind act 3rd sg • lĕgo, lēgi, lectum (gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. λέγω, λόγος, λογάς, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect. I. Lit. A. In gen.: oleam, Cato, R. R. 144: nuces, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265: herbas collibus, Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.: roscida mala, id. ib. 8, 38: flores in calathos, Ov. F. 5, 218: spolia caesorum, Liv. 5, 39: quos (montanos asparagos), Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned: ossa, Ov. H. 10, 150: homini mortuo ossa, Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11: reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis, Suet. Aug. 100. — B. Esp. 1. To take out, pick out, extract, remove: quibusdam et radi ossa et legi ... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant, Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2: ossa vivis, id. ad Marc. 22, 3: ossa in capite lecta, id. Ben. 5, 24, 3: ossa e vulneribus, Quint. 6, 1, 30.— 2. To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.): oleam qui legerit, Cato, R. R. 144, 1: ficus non erat apta legi, Ov. F. 2, 254.— 3. Poet.: legere fila, to wind up: extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.: quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro, Ov. F. 3, 462: stamen, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40.(42).— 4. Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl: omnis navita ponto umida vela legit, Verg. G. 1, 373: vela legunt socii, id. A. 3, 532: ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu, Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13: prora funem legit Argus ab alta, draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312: ancoras classis legit, is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.— 5. To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4: majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere, Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.: sacra divum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 117: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).— 6. Of places, to go, pass, or wander through (poet.): nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit, Ov. M. 5, 579: pars cetera pontum Pone legit, sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207: vada dura lego, id. ib. 3, 706: freta, id. ib. 3, 127: aequora Afra, Ov. F. 4, 289: Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit, id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him: subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu, id. M. 3, 17; cf.: et vestigia retro Observata legit, Verg. A. 9, 392: tortos orbes, to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.— 7. To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.): Inarimen Prochytenque legit, Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7: navibus oram Italiae, Liv. 21, 51 fin.: oram Campaniae, Suet. Tib. 11; cf. terram, id. Aug. 16. — 8. Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.): alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris, pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160: judices, Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16: omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet, id. Fin. 4, 15, 40: scribam, to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126: condiciones nubendi, id. Cael. 15: cives in patres, Liv. 23, 22: viros ad bella, Ov. M. 7, 669: geminasque legit de classe biremes, Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632: senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit, Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—* β. With inf.: fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem, Stat. Th. 1, 530. II. Trop. * A. To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation: nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).— B. To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see. * 1. In gen.: tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere, Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.— 2. In partic., to read or peruse a writing: ut eos libros per te ipse legeres, Cic. Top. 1: defensionem causae, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112: legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc., id. Ac. 2, 45, 137: aliquid studiose intenteque, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1: significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc., id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter, Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1: orationem, Quint. 1, 1, 6: aiunt multum legendum esse non multa, Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.: antiquos et novos, Quint. 2, 5, 23: antiquos studiosius, id. 3, 6, 62: poëtas, id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.: Horatius fere solus legi dignus, Quint. 10, 1, 96: si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus, id. 10, 1, 116: dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5: sepulcra legens, when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21: legentium plerisque, Liv. 1 praef. § 4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati, to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Juv. 13, 121.—Absol.: legendi usus, Lact. 3, 25, 9: memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit, Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.— b. In partic. α. To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors): convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc., Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8: audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius, Plin. Ep. 9, 34: obturem impune legentibus aures, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105: quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo, with recitation, id. A. P. 475: quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti, to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.— β. To find in an author or a writing: ut scriptum legimus, Cic. Deiot. 7, 19: legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc., id. N. D. 2. 49 init.: ego vero haec scripta legi, id. Planc. 39, 94: praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas, Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.—Pass.: in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur, Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.— C. A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors; v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt, Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.—Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so, argentum, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3: ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29: uxor lectissima, id. Inv. 1, 31, 52: (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti, id. de Or. 3, 37, 150: nihil est aliud ... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere, id. Or. 68, 227: juvenum lectissime, Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.: viginti lectis equitum comitatus, Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare): ab lego lecte ac lectissime, Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.: lectius, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).
lēgō Copy link Outline 1 envoyer avec une mission, députer : déléguer qqn à qqn || faire ...2 nommer (donner) comme lieutenant, comme légat : Dolabella m'a nommé son lieutenant ...3 laisser par testament, léguer : il lègue à qqn par testament une ... ⓘlĕgit: pres ind act 3rd sglēgit: perf ind act 3rd sg • 1 lēgō, āvī, ātum, āre (lex), tr., 1. envoyer avec une mission, députer : aliquem ad aliquem Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 114, déléguer qqn à qqn || verba ad aliquem Gell. 15, 31, faire tenir des paroles à qqn par voie d'ambassade 2. nommer (donner) comme lieutenant, comme légat : aliquem alicui Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9 ; Pomp. 57 ; Dolabella me sibi legavit Cic. Att. 15, 11, 4, Dolabella m'a nommé son lieutenant ; ab aliquo legari Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6, recevoir de qqn une lieutenance 3. laisser par testament, léguer : aliquid alicui Cic. Cæc. 11 ; Top. 14 ; alicui testamento legat pecuniam a filio Cic. Clu. 33, il lègue à qqn par testament une somme à prendre sur (imputable à) l'héritage de son fils, à la charge de son fils, cf. Cic. Top. 21 ; Att. 13, 46, 3. ➳ arch. legassit = legaverit xii tab. d. Cic. Inv. 2, 148.
lĕgō Copy link Outline I 1 ramasser, recueillir : cueillir des noix ; faire la récolte des olives ...2 enrouler, pelotonner : enrouler les fils, filer, cf. carguer les voiles3 ramasser en dérobant, enlever, voler : enlever des objets sacrés, d'où cf. ...4 parcourir [un lieu] : une route ; les bois ; traverser la ...5 choisir : choisir des juges ; choisir dans le sénat dix commissaires ...II [fig.]1 recueillir par les oreilles : [cf. ]2 recueillir par les yeux, passer en revue :3 [surtout] lire : lire des livres, les poètes, les Grecs || [avec ...4 lire à haute voix, à qqn : . ⓘlĕgit: pres ind act 3rd sglēgit: perf ind act 3rd sg • 2 lĕgō, lēgī, lēctum, ĕre (λέγω), tr. I. 1. ramasser, recueillir : nuces Cic. de Or. 2, 265, cueillir des noix ; oleam Cato Agr. 144, faire la récolte des olives || homini mortuo ossa Cic. Leg. 2, 60, recueillir les ossements d'un mort [brûlé sur le bûcher], cf. Sen. Ira 2, 33, 6 ; Quint. 8, 5, 21 ; Suet. Aug. 100 || alicui ossa Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2, extraire les os à qqn, cf. Sen. Marc. 22, 3 ; Ben. 5, 24, 3 ; Quint. 6, 1, 30 2. enrouler, pelotonner : fila Virg. En. 10, 815, enrouler les fils, filer, cf. Ov. F. 3, 462 ; vela Virg. G. 1, 373, carguer les voiles 3. ramasser en dérobant, enlever, voler : sacra, sacrum, enlever des objets sacrés, d'où sacrilegus, cf. Her. 2, 49 ; Hor. S. 1, 3, 117 4. parcourir [un lieu] : iter Prop. 3, 22, 12, une route ; saltus Ov. M. 5, 578, les bois ; æquora Ov. F. 4, 289, traverser la mer ; alicujus vestigia Virg. En. 9, 393, parcourir les lieux foulés par qqn ; tortos orbes Virg. En. 12, 481, faire des détours || raser, effleurer : pontum Virg. En. 2, 207, la mer || longer, côtoyer : navibus oram Italiæ Liv. 21, 51, 7, côtoyer les rivages de l'Italie, cf. Virg. G. 2, 44 ; Ov. M. 14, 89, etc. 5. choisir : judices Cic. Phil. 5, 16, choisir des juges ; decem legatos ex senatu Liv. 29, 20, 4, choisir dans le sénat dix commissaires ; sorte, qui duo... irent Liv. 29, 20, 9, tirer au sort les deux qui iraient... ; senatum Cic. Clu. 128, dresser la liste des sénateurs ; cives in patres Liv. 23, 22, 4, recruter des citoyens pour le sénat, nommer des sénateurs ; eis dictum, ut vir virum legerent Liv. 10, 38, 12, ils reçurent l'ordre de choisir chaque homme son homme ; virum a viro lectum esse diceres Cic. Mil. 55, on eût dit qu'il avait une troupe triée sur le volet || quinque argenti lectæ minæ Pl. Ps. 1149, cinq mines d'argent choisies, cf. Ter. Phorm. 53. II. [fig.] 1. recueillir par les oreilles : Pl. Ps. 414 [cf. sublegere Pl. Mil. 1090] 2. recueillir par les yeux, passer en revue : Virg. En. 6, 755 3. [surtout] lire : libros, poetas, Græcos Cic. Top. 2 ; Tusc. 3, 3 ; Fin. 8, lire des livres, les poètes, les Grecs || [avec prop. inf.] : legi apud Clitomachum A. Albium jocantem dixisse... Cic. Ac. 2, 137, j'ai lu dans Clitomaque que A. Albius dit en plaisantant..., cf. Cic. Domo 64, etc. || legentes, ĭum, m., les lecteurs : Liv. pr. 4 ; Quint. 3, 1, 2, etc. 4. lire à haute voix, alicui, à qqn : Cic. Br. 191 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 34.
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