lēgātiō ōnis, f
1 lego,
the office of ambassador, embassy, legation
: cum legatione in provinciam profectus: legationis officium
conficere, Cs.: in legationem
proficisci, L.: legationem renuntiare,
report an embassy
: obire: negotiorum suorum causā legatus est in
Africam legatione liberā, i. e.
with the privileges, without the duties, of an ambassador
: legationes sumere liberas: Legatio votiva,
a free embassy, undertaken to pay a vow in a province.—A
lieutenant-generalship, deputy-command
: quā in legatione duxit exercitum:
legionis, Ta.—
The persons of an embassy, embassy, legation
: legationis princeps, Cs.: legationes ad se reverti iussit, Cs.