lēgō āvī (lēgāssit for lēgāverit, XII Tabb. ap. C.), ātus, āre lex, to send with a commission, send as ambassador, depute, commission, despatch: ut legati ex eius ordinis auctoritate legarentur: eos privatae rei causā legari: iuste pieque legatus venio, L.: in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, S.

—To appoint as deputy, commission as lieutenant: eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius: me legatum iri non arbitror: me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant: sibi homines nobilīs, S.

—To bequeath, leave by will: Numitori regnum, L.: usum et fructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae: Nil sibi legatum, H.: uxori grandem pecuniam a filio, to be paid by the son.