Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, lēgĭfer

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xĕnŏdŏchīum

xĕnŏpărŏchus

xērampĕlĭnae

xērŏcollȳrĭum

xērophthalmĭa

xylŏcinnămōmum

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lēgĭfer , fĕra, fĕrum, adj. lex-fero,

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.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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