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                    "description": "(adj.adv.) : lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj.lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36\n* Fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.\n* Lit.\n* 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.\n* Transf., in gen.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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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