legō

legō lēgī, lēctus, ere Source etymology: 1 LEG- , to bring together, gather, collect : herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked , O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out , V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath , i. e. give a parting kiss , V.: Umida vela, to furl , V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal : sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through : saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through , V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track , O.: tortos orbīs, wander through , V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along : Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme , V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint : iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review , V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate .—Fig., to read, peruse, scan : legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs : ut scriptum legimus, find written : relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite : convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation , H.: acta, the news of the day , Iu.