lēgŭlēïus, i, m. [lex],
a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger , one who depends on legal technicalities for getting the better of his opponent: leguleius quidam cautus et acutus, Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236: formularii, vel ut Cicero ait, leguleii, Quint. 12, 3, 11.
lēgulēius ī, m lex, a pettifogging lawyer, pettifogger : cautus et acutus. ...
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