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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lĕgŭlus</b>: i, m. 2. [[lego]],<br /><b>I</b> a gatherer, [[collector]]; esp. one [[who]] [[picked]] up the [[fallen]] olives (opp. [[strictor]], he [[who]] [[beat]] or shook [[them]] from the [[tree]]; [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): ab legendo leguli, qui oleam aut qui uvas legunt, Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 5, § 94: legulos [[quot]] [[opus]] erunt, praebeto et strictores, [[Cato]], R. R. 144: leguli volunt ut [[olea]] caduca [[quam]] plurima [[sit]], quo [[plus]] legatur, id. ib. 64; Calp. Ecl. 3, 49.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lĕgŭlus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m. ([[lego]] 2) celui qui cueille les olives, le raisin : [[Cato]] Agr. 144 ; [[Varro]] L. 6, 66.
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{{Georges
|georg=legulus, ī, m. (2. [[lego]]), der [[Leser]], Aufleser, der Oliven usw., [[Cato]] u.a.: leguli aurarii, [[Goldsucher]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 1260: dass. leguli auri, Paul. Nol. carm. 17, 267.
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