I.lawgiving (poet.).
I. Adj.: “Minos,” Ov. Am. 3, 10, 41: “legifera Ceres (as the foundress of the social life of mankind),” Verg. A. 4, 58. —
II. Subst.: lēgĭfer , ĕri, m., a law-giver, applied to Moses, Lact. 4, 17, 7; Tert. Apol. 19 fin.; Prud. στεφ. 3, 363; Vulg. Isa. 33, 22.