lēgitimus adj. lex, fixed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate: dies comitiis habendis: potestas: ad petendum aetas, of eligibility, L.: horae, allowed by law: coniunx, O.: Legitimis pactam iunctamque tabellis amare, Iu.

—Plur n. as subst: legitimis quibusdam confectis, legal formalities, N.

—Of the law, relating to law, legal: controversiae: impedimentum.

—Regular, right, just, proper, appropriate: numerus: poema, H.: verba, O.: hostis, regular (opp. pirates).