lēgātus ī, m
P. of 1 lego,
an ambassador, legate
: legatos mittere: missitare supplicantīs
legatos, S.: missi magnis de rebus uterque
Legati, H.: Legati responsa
ferunt, V.—
A deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general
(the second in command): qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt: Caesaris,
Cs.: hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses:
quaestorius: magnitudo et splendor legati, L.: in magnā legatum quaere popinā,
Iu.—In the Empire,
an imperial legate, governor of a province
, Ta.