The corpus record — Latin

legatarius

legatarius · adj

enjoined by a last will

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Where it lives

Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 8 · 1.13/10k

What it meant

lēgātārĭus — Lewis & Short

lēgātārĭus, a, um, adj.legatum,

I enjoined by a last will or testament (postclass.).

I Adj.: editiones, Tert. Spect. 6. —

II Subst.

A Lēgātārĭus, ii, m., one to whom something is left by will, a legatee, Suet. Galb. 5; Dig. 41, 3, 14; Gai. Inst. 2, 195: antequam legatarius admittat legatum, id. ib. 2, 200.—

B Lēgātārĭa, ae, f., a female legatee, Dig. 19, 11, 43; 33, 4, 2.

In the wild

legatariae Tertullian, De Spectaculis 6.1
legatariis Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2.12.p2
legatarios Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.5.p2
legatariis Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.26.p2
legatarios Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.7.p5
legatarios Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.21.p1

6 of 10 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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