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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>dē-lēgo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[send]], [[assign]], dispatch, [[delegate]] a [[person]] to [[any]] [[place]], [[person]] or [[business]]; to [[assign]], [[confide]], [[commit]], [[intrust]] [[any]] [[thing]] to a [[person]] (for [[attention]], [[care]], [[protection]], etc.); to [[charge]] a [[person]] [[with]] a [[business]]; to [[lay]] or [[impose]] [[upon]] a [[person]] [[any]] [[charge]], [[order]], [[business]], [[command]], etc., esp. of [[that]] [[which]] one prefers not to [[attend]] to in [[person]] ([[good]] [[prose]]; not in Caes.; perh. not in Cic.; v. the [[doubtful]] [[passage]] Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2, and Orell. ad loc.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With [[personal]] objects: si cui fautores delegatos viderint, etc., Plaut. Am. prol. 67 and 83: aliquem in Tullianum, Liv. 29, 22 fin.: infantem ancillis ac nutricibus, Tac. G. 20; cf. id. Or. 29: Cassium Longinum occidendum delegaverat, Suet. Calig. 57: studiosos Catonis ad illud [[volumen]] delegamus, [[refer]] to, Nep. [[Cato]] 3 fin.: ad senatum, Liv. 5, 20 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With a [[thing]] as [[object]]: hunc laborem alteri delegavi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1; so, curam nepotum alicui, Quint. 4 prooem. § 2: [[officium]] alicui, id. 6 prooem. § 1: [[ministerium]] triumviris, Tac. Agr. 2; cf.: jurisdictionem magistratibus, Suet. Claud. 23: ordinandas bibliothecas alicui, id. Caes. 56; cf. id. Gramm. 21: obsidione delegata in curam collegae, Liv. 9, 13: delegato sibi [[officio]] functi sunt, Lact. 1, 4, 6. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., t. t. in the lang. of [[business]], to [[assign]], [[transfer]], [[make]] [[over]], [[either]] one [[who]] is to [[pay]] a [[debt]] or the [[debt]] itself: delegare est [[vice]] sua [[alium]] reum [[dare]] creditori, vel cui jusserit, Dig. 46, 2, 11: debitorem, ib. 12: debitores nobis deos, Sen. Ben. 4, 11; cf.: delegabo te ad Epicurum, ab [[illo]] fiet [[numeratio]], id. Ep. 18, 14: [[nomen]] paterni debitoris, Dig. 37, 6, 1.— Absol.: Quinto delegabo, si [[quid]] aeri meo [[alieno]] superabit, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 3: Balbi [[regia]] [[condicio]] est delegandi, id. ib. 12, 12: terram, to [[assign]], Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[attribute]], [[impute]], [[ascribe]] to: si hoc [[crimen]] optimis nominibus delegare possumus, Cic. Font. 4, 8; so, causam peccati mortuis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 22, 2: scelera ipsa aliis, Tac. A. 13, 43: omne rei [[bene]] aut [[secus]] gestae in [[Etruria]] [[decus]] dedecusque ad Volumnium, Liv. 10, 19; cf.: servati consulis [[decus]] ad servum, id. 21, 46 fin.>

{{Georges

|georg=dē-lēgo, āvī, ātum, āre, jmd. an [[einen]] [[Ort]] od. eine [[Person]] od. [[auf]] eine [[Sache]] [[verweisen]], jmd. od. [[etwas]] [[einer]] [[Person]] (zur [[Besorgung]], [[Wartung]], [[Pflege]]) [[überweisen]], jmd. zu [[etwas]] [[beauftragen]]; u. ([[umgekehrt]]) einem [[etwas]] ([[ein]] [[Geschäft]] usw.) [[überweisen]], [[zuweisen]], [[übertragen]], [[auftragen]], einem zu etw. [[Auftrag]] ([[Befehl]]) [[geben]] ([[bes]]. zu dem, [[womit]] [[man]] [[sich]] [[nicht]] [[selbst]] gern [[befassen]] will), I) im allg.: ad senatum, Liv.: infantem ancillis ac nutricibus, Tac.: alqm [[huic]] negotio, Col.: delegati, ut plauderent, Plaut. – [[hunc]] laborem alteri, Cael. in Cic. ep.: [[officium]] alci, Quint. u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 4, 6): alci id [[facinus]], Liv. epit.: alqm occidendum, Suet.: imagines exscribendas pingendasque, Plin. ep.: obsidionem in curam collegae, Liv. – II) insbes.: 1) jmd. [[auf]] eine [[Schrift]] [[verweisen]], studiosos Catonis ad [[illud]] [[volumen]], Nep. [[Cato]] 3, 5. – 2) t. t. der Geschäftsspr., jmd. zur Schuldzahlung od. die sculdige [[Summe]] [[anweisen]], a) eig.: debitorem, ICt.: alqm alci, [[cui]] numeret, Sen.: delegabo te ad Epicurum, ab [[illo]] fiet [[numeratio]], Sen.: [[nomen]] paterni debitoris, ICt.: absol., [[Cato]] u. Cic.: deleg. alci, Cic. – b) übtr., eine [[Schuld]] od. [[ein]] [[Verdienst]] [[auf]] jmd. [[übertragen]], [[auf]] ihn [[schieben]], ihm [[zuschreiben]], [[crimen]] alci, Cic.: causam peccati alci, Hirt. b. G.: [[adversa]] casibus incertis belli et fortunae, Liv.: servati consulis [[decus]] ad servum, Liv.: omne [[rei]] [[bene]] [[aut]] [[secus]] gestae in [[Etruria]] [[decus]] dedecusque ad L. Volumnium, Liv.

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