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"form": "lēgibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēx/lēg<3>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "lēx f (genitive lēgis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēx/lēg<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "dēcrētum"
},
{
"word": "ēdictum"
},
{
"word": "fās"
},
{
"word": "iūs"
},
{
"word": "scītum"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill"
],
"links": [
[
"proposition",
"proposition"
],
[
"motion",
"motion"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"magistrate",
"magistrate"
],
[
"bill",
"bill"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.\ndura lex, sed lex.\nThe law is tough but it is the law.",
"ref": "a. 43 BC, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae (printed in translation Benham's Book of Quotations 1948)",
"text": "Lex universa est quae iubet nasci et mori.",
"translation": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.\ndura lex, sed lex.\nThe law is tough but it is the law."
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"statute",
"statute"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner"
],
"links": [
[
"precept",
"precept"
],
[
"regulation",
"regulation"
],
[
"principle",
"principle"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"mode",
"mode"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a contract, agreement, covenant"
],
"links": [
[
"contract",
"contract"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"covenant",
"covenant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a condition, stipulation, terms"
],
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"stipulation",
"stipulation"
],
[
"terms",
"terms"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a condition, stipulation, terms"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫeːks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "lex"
}
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