lēgō (1) āvī (lēgāssit for lēgāverit, XII Tabb. ap. C.), ātus, āre
lex, to send with a commission, send as ambassador, depute, commission, despatch : ut legati ex eius ordinis auctoritate legarentur: eos privatae rei causā legari: iuste pieque legatus venio, L.: in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, S.— To appoint as deputy, commission as lieutenant : eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius: me legatum iri non arbitror: me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant : sibi homines nobilīs, S.— To bequeath, leave by will : Numitori regnum, L.: usum et fructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae: Nil sibi legatum, H.: uxori grandem pecuniam a filio, to be paid by the son .