lēgitimus

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

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lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

nŏthus, a, um, adj., = nothos, spurious, not genuine.

Lit.

Of persons, illegitimate, bastard, born out of wedlock (but of a known father; contra, spurius, of an unknown father: legitimus, born in wedlock):

nothum qui non sit legitimus, Graeci vocant: Latinum rei nomen non habemus,

Quint. 3, 6, 97; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.; Quint. 3, 6, 96; 7, 7, 10:

Antiphaten... Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

Verg. A. 9, 697.—

Of animals of a mixed breed, mongrel, Verg. A. 7, 283; Col. 8, 2, 13; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3.—

Transf., not genuine, false, counterfeit ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

lunaque sive notho fertur loca lumine lustrans, Sive suam proprio jactat de corpore lucem,

i. e. borrowed, not its own, Lucr. 5, 575; so,

lumen,

Cat. 34, 15:

Attis notha mulier,

false, counterfeit, id. 63, 27:

quojus genera (nominum) sunt tria, unum vernaculum ac domi natum, alterum adventicium, tertium nothum ex peregrino hic natum,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 69 Müll.; so,

notha nomina,

id. ib. 10, §

70: nothae atque adulterae lectiones,

Arn. 5, 182.

aestĭmo (arch. aestŭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [from aes, with the termination -tumo, which also appears in autumo; cf.: legitumus, finitumus, maritumus; later, legitimus, finitimus, maritimus; compare the Goth. aistjan, to estimate].

To determine or estimate the extrinsic ( money) value of a thing, to value, rate, appraise; constr. with gen. or abl. (v. of price, Zumpt. §§

444 and 456): domum emit prope dimidio carius quam aestimabat,

Cic. Dom. 44:

frumentum III denariis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 92:

aliquid tenuissime,

id. ib. 2, 4, 16:

prata magno,

id. Par. 6, 3:

perfecit (Aratus) aestimandis possessionibus, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 23, 82; hence, litem alicui or alicujus, to estimate the value of an object in question, and thus determine how much the convicted person shall pay, to estimate or assess the damages; cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38, and Beier ad Cic. Oratt. Fragm. Exc. IV. p. 265; Cic. Verr. l. l.—

Trop., to estimate the intrinsic ( moral) worth of a thing, to weigh, value, hold, etc. (while existimare, as a consequence of aestimare, signifies to judge a thing in any way after estimating its value: ex pretio rei judicare; cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 3, 4; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 17; Corte and Kritz ad Sall. C. 8, 2; Gronov. ad Liv. 4, 41; 34, 2; and aestimator).— Constr.

That which serves as a standard by which a thing is estimated with ex or the abl.:

vulgus ex veritate pauca, ex opinione multa aestimant,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10:

aliquem ex artificio comico,

id. ib.:

cum in Aquitaniam pervenisset, quae pars, ex tertiā parte Galliae est aestimanda, etc.,

i. e. is to be reckoned as a third part, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo,

Sall. C. 10, 5.—With simple abl.:

virtutem annis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 48: aliquid vitā, to measure a thing by life, i. e. to hold it as dear as life, Curt. 5, 5:

nec Macedonas veteri famā, sed praesentibus viribus aestimandos,

Just. 30, 4.—

The value attached to a thing in estimating it, in the gen. or abl. pretii (cf. I.); poet. also with acc. nihil:

auctoritatem alicujus magni,

Cic. Att. 7, 15: quod non minoris aestimamus quam quemlibet triumphum, Nep. Cat. 1:

aliquid unius assis,

Cat. 5, 2:

aliquid permagno,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

non magno,

id. Fin. 3, 3, 11; so id. Tusc. 3, 4, 8:

non nihilo aestimandum,

id. Fin. 4, 23, 62:

magno te aestimaturum,

Liv. 40, 55:

magno aestimantibus se,

id. 40, 41. And with definite numerals which give the price-current for which a thing may be had; cf. Zumpt. § 456; Sall. Fragm. p. 974 Corte:

denis in diem assibus animam et corpus aestimari,

Tac. A. 1, 17:

emori nolo, sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15.—

Among the histt. with a rel. clause.:

aestimantibus, quanta futuri spe tam magna tacuisset,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

quantopere dilectus sit, facile est aestimare,

Suet. Aug. 57 (but in Sall. J. 31, 19, the correct read. is existumabitis, Dietsch).

aestĭmo (arch. aestŭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [from aes, with the termination -tumo, which also appears in autumo; cf.: legitumus, finitumus, maritumus; later, legitimus, finitimus, maritimus; compare the Goth. aistjan, to estimate].

To determine or estimate the extrinsic ( money) value of a thing, to value, rate, appraise; constr. with gen. or abl. (v. of price, Zumpt. §§

444 and 456): domum emit prope dimidio carius quam aestimabat,

Cic. Dom. 44:

frumentum III denariis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 92:

aliquid tenuissime,

id. ib. 2, 4, 16:

prata magno,

id. Par. 6, 3:

perfecit (Aratus) aestimandis possessionibus, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 23, 82; hence, litem alicui or alicujus, to estimate the value of an object in question, and thus determine how much the convicted person shall pay, to estimate or assess the damages; cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38, and Beier ad Cic. Oratt. Fragm. Exc. IV. p. 265; Cic. Verr. l. l.—

Trop., to estimate the intrinsic ( moral) worth of a thing, to weigh, value, hold, etc. (while existimare, as a consequence of aestimare, signifies to judge a thing in any way after estimating its value: ex pretio rei judicare; cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 3, 4; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 17; Corte and Kritz ad Sall. C. 8, 2; Gronov. ad Liv. 4, 41; 34, 2; and aestimator).— Constr.

That which serves as a standard by which a thing is estimated with ex or the abl.:

vulgus ex veritate pauca, ex opinione multa aestimant,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10:

aliquem ex artificio comico,

id. ib.:

cum in Aquitaniam pervenisset, quae pars, ex tertiā parte Galliae est aestimanda, etc.,

i. e. is to be reckoned as a third part, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo,

Sall. C. 10, 5.—With simple abl.:

virtutem annis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 48: aliquid vitā, to measure a thing by life, i. e. to hold it as dear as life, Curt. 5, 5:

nec Macedonas veteri famā, sed praesentibus viribus aestimandos,

Just. 30, 4.—

The value attached to a thing in estimating it, in the gen. or abl. pretii (cf. I.); poet. also with acc. nihil:

auctoritatem alicujus magni,

Cic. Att. 7, 15: quod non minoris aestimamus quam quemlibet triumphum, Nep. Cat. 1:

aliquid unius assis,

Cat. 5, 2:

aliquid permagno,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

non magno,

id. Fin. 3, 3, 11; so id. Tusc. 3, 4, 8:

non nihilo aestimandum,

id. Fin. 4, 23, 62:

magno te aestimaturum,

Liv. 40, 55:

magno aestimantibus se,

id. 40, 41. And with definite numerals which give the price-current for which a thing may be had; cf. Zumpt. § 456; Sall. Fragm. p. 974 Corte:

denis in diem assibus animam et corpus aestimari,

Tac. A. 1, 17:

emori nolo, sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15.—

Among the histt. with a rel. clause.:

aestimantibus, quanta futuri spe tam magna tacuisset,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

quantopere dilectus sit, facile est aestimare,

Suet. Aug. 57 (but in Sall. J. 31, 19, the correct read. is existumabitis, Dietsch).

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.