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leguleius

leguleius · m

a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger

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Where it lives

De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

lēgŭlēïus — Lewis & Short

lēgŭlēïus, i, m.lex,

I a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger, one who depends on legal technicalities for getting the better of his opponent: leguleius quidam cautus et acutus, Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236: formularii, vel ut Cicero ait, leguleii, Quint. 12, 3, 11.

In the wild

leguleius Cicero, De Oratore 1.236

Where it came from

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