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lego.

to collect, gather, bring together, catch

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈɫɛ.ɡoː]Classical-Latin[ˈlɛː.ɡo]

  1. to collect, gather, bring together, catch

    conjugation-3

  2. to choose, select

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  3. to appoint

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  4. to take out, pick out, extract, remove

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  5. to take to one's self unjustly, carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract

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  6. to read

    conjugation-3
    Librōs lege.
    Lēgistīne hunc librum?

  7. to teach, profess

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-3

  8. to be bound, fettered, detained

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti, from the root *leǵ- (“to gather”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak, to choose, to mean”) and Albanian mbledh. May be related to lēx. For etymology 1 sense 6 (“to read”), compare typologically Russian разбира́ть (razbirátʹ), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) (< брать (bratʹ)), разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) (по́черк (póčerk)).

verb[ˈɫeː.ɡoː]Classical-Latin[ˈlɛː.ɡo]

  1. to dispatch, send as ambassador

    conjugation-1

  2. to send on mission

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  3. to assign as a legatus

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  4. to delegate, entrust, assign, deputize

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  5. to appoint by a last will or testament, leave or bequeath as a legacy

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”) + -ō.

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