lēgĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [lex-fero], lawgiving (poet.).
I Adj. : Minos, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 41: legifera Ceres (as the foundress of the social life of mankind), Verg. A. 4, 58. —
II Subst.: lēgĭfer , ĕri, m., a law-giver , applied to Moses, Lact. 4, 17, 7; Tert. Apol. 19 fin. ; Prud. στεφ. 3, 363; Vulg. Isa. 33, 22.