lēx
lēx (Wesfall lēgis) Vorlage:lat. ‘Gesetz’.
Von Proto-Italic *lēks. Die übliche Etymologie leitet den Begriff vom uig. *lēǵ-s ab, einem Wurzel nomen actionis von *leǵ- „sammeln“, woher auch legō.
Palmer (1906) proposes an alternative origin in Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-s, root nomen actionis from *legʰ- (“to lie, to be in resting position”). Compare with the semantics of English law from this root.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leːks/, [ɫ̪eːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leks/, [lɛks]
Noun
lēx f (genitive lēgis); third declension
- a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
- (figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute [ quotations ▼]
- (figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner
- (figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant
- (figurative) a condition, stipulation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēx | lēgēs |
| Genitive | lēgis | lēgum |
| Dative | lēgī | lēgibus |
| Accusative | lēgem | lēgēs |
| Ablative | lēge | lēgibus |
| Vocative | lēx | lēgēs |