legio

Latin > English

legio legionis N F :: legion; army

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lĕgĭo: ōnis, f. 2. lego (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf.,
I a body of soldiers: legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.
I Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied; though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia, Liv. 10, 18: undevicesima, id. 27, 14: vicesima, id. 27, 38: Claudiana, Tac. H. 2, 84: Galbiana, id. ib. 2, 86: Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2: adjutrix, Tac. H. 2, 43: rapax, id. ib.: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem, Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—
II Transf.
   A Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers: Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones, Liv. 8, 24: Latinae, id. 6, 32; cf. of the troops of the Samnites, id. 10, 17; of the Gauls, id. 22, 14; of the Carthaginians, id. 26, 6: Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62: in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur, Juv. 14, 241.—
   B In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.): quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48: si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo, id. Truc. 2, 7, 53: cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur, Verg. A. 9, 368: de colle videri poterat legio, id. ib. 8, 605; 10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis, Val. Fl. 7, 573.—
   C Of a large body of men: idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.: legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus, Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36: duodecim legiones angelorum, id. Matt. 26, 53.—
   2    Trop.: sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat, his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lĕgĭō,⁵ ōnis, f. (lego 2),
1 légion, corps de troupe [comptant à partir de Marius environ 6 000 h., répartis en 10 cohortes ; chaque cohorte comprenant 3 manipules et 6 centuries ; les légions étaient désignées soit par un n^o d’ordre, soit par le nom ou de celui qui l’avait levée ou d’une divinité, soit par un surnom] : Varro L. 5, 87 ; Cic., Cæs., Liv., Tac., etc.
2 [poét.] armée : Pl. Most. 129 ; Epid. 58 ; Virg. En. 9, 368 || [fig.] legiones parat Pl. Cas. 50, il rassemble ses troupes, dresse ses batteries.

Latin > German (Georges)

legio, ōnis, f. (lego, ere), I) eine röm. Legion (Heeresabteilung von 4200–6000 Mann), aus 10 Kohorten bestehend, wozu noch 300 Reiter kamen (jede Legion mit dem Adler [[[aquila]]] als Heereszeichen, befehligt von den republikanischen Oberbeamten [[[Konsul]], Prätor, Diktator], dann von den Kriegstribunen u. in der Kaiserzeit von einem legatus, s. d.), Caes., Cic., Tac., Suet.: benannt nach Zahlen (nach der Reihenfolge der Anwerbung), tertia decima, Liv.: od. nach dem Errichter, Claudiana, Tac.: od. nach Gottheiten, Martia, Cic.: vernacula, veterana, Caes.: duas legiones ibi conscribere, Caes.: duas legiones in citeriore Gallia novas conscribere, Caes.: legiones deportare in Italiam, Liv.: duas legiones portare in Macedoniam, Liv. – übtr.: a) v. den Truppen anderer Nationen, wie der Bundesgenossen, der Samniter, Gallier, Karthager, Enn. fr., Plaut. u. Liv. – b) übh. = Heer, Plaut. most. 129 u.a. Verg. Aen. 9, 368. Val. Flacc. 7, 573. – II) bildl.: legiones parat, d.i. Hilfsmittel, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.

Latin > Chinese

legio, onis. f. :: 一營兵。一標。一旗兵。六千兵

Translations

legion

Afrikaans: legioen; Albanian: legjion; Arabic: فَيْلَق; Aramaic Hebrew: לגיונא; Syriac: ܠܓܝܘܢܐ; Armenian: լեգեոն; Azerbaijani: legion; Belarusian: легіён; Bulgarian: легион; Catalan: legió; Chinese Mandarin: 軍團, 军团, 古羅馬軍團, 古罗马军团, 兵團, 兵团; Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ; Czech: legie; Danish: legion; Dutch: legioen; Esperanto: legio; Estonian: leegion; Finnish: legioona; French: légion; Georgian: ლეგიონი; German: Legion; Greek: λεγεώνα; Ancient Greek: λεγεών; Hebrew: לִגְיוֹן; Hindi: लीजन; Hungarian: légió; Ido: legiono; Indonesian: legiun; Irish: léigiún; Italian: legione; Japanese: レギオン, 軍団, 部隊; Korean: 군단(軍團), 부대(部隊); Latin: legio; Latvian: leģions; Lithuanian: legionas; Macedonian: легија; Maltese: leġjun; Mongolian Cyrillic: легион; Norwegian Bokmål: legion; Nynorsk: legion; Persian Iranian Persian: لِژْیون; Polish: legion; Portuguese: legião; Romanian: legiune; Russian: легион; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ле̑гија; Roman: lȇgija; Slovak: légia; Slovene: legija; Spanish: legión; Swedish: legion; Turkish: lejyon; Ukrainian: легіон; Urdu: لِیجَن; Uzbek: legion, legion; Vietnamese: binh đoàn; Volapük: legion; West Frisian: legioen; Yiddish: לעגיאָן; Zazaki: lejyon, lejkar