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"word": "dūra lēx, sed lēx"
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{
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},
{
"lang": "Basque",
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{
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{
"lang": "Friulian",
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{
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},
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{
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}
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}
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},
{
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}
],
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},
{
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},
{
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"word": "lei"
},
{
"lang": "Romanian",
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},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
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}
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},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
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{
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},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *leǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *lḗǵs?\nProto-Indo-European *legʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs?\nProto-Italic *lēks\nLatin lēx\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*lēks\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"lēx\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-id=\"law\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"lēx\" id=\"Latin:_law\">",
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"3": "",
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{
"args": {
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},
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"name": "ref"
},
{
"args": {
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},
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},
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},
{
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *leǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *lḗǵs?\nProto-Indo-European *legʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs?\nProto-Italic *lēks\nLatin lēx\nFrom Proto-Italic *lēks. The usual etymology derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *lēǵ-s, a root nomen actionis from *leǵ- (“to gather”), whence also legō.\nPalmer (1906) proposes an alternative origin in Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-s, root nomen actionis from *legʰ- (“to lie, to be in resting position”). Compare typologically English law, Russian уложе́ние (uložénije) from this PIE root. This alternative etymology is endorsed by Fortson.",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ēdictum"
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"legal",
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"english": "the law is tough but it is the law (proverb)",
"text": "dūra lēx, sed lēx",
"translation": "the law is tough but it is the law (proverb)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.",
"ref": "43 BCE, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae (printed in translation Benham's Book of Quotations 1948)",
"text": "Lēx ūniversa est quae iubet nāscī et morī.",
"translation": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.",
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"law",
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[
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[
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"english": "the Athenians, whence we have humanity, learning […] and the constitution",
"ref": "59 BCE, Cicero, Pro Flacco 62",
"text": "Athēniēnsēs, unde hūmānitās, doctrīna, […] lēgēs ortae",
"translation": "the Athenians, whence we have humanity, learning […] and the constitution",
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}
],
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[
"body",
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],
[
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"english": "by legal right",
"text": "lēge",
"translation": "by legal right",
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}
],
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"legal right or title"
],
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[
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],
[
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],
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"english": "if […] he followed the precepts of Epicurus",
"ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.108",
"text": "sī […] Epicūrī lēgibus pāruisset",
"translation": "if […] he followed the precepts of Epicurus",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
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9
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},
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7,
11
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15,
20
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],
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}
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"principle",
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[
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[
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[
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28
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"english": "the custom of war, the right of the conqueror",
"text": "lēx bellī",
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"type": "example"
}
],
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],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-D7ESf1Cf",
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[
"divine",
"divine"
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[
"mankind",
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},
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}
],
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{
"english": "womens' existence is hard",
"ref": "c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 817",
"text": "lēge dūrā vīvont mulierēs",
"translation": "womens' existence is hard",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
"principle",
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[
"inherent",
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[
"nature",
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[
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[
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"english": "to transgress the standards of propriety set by those who came before",
"text": "lēgem priōrum ēgredī",
"translation": "to transgress the standards of propriety set by those who came before",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what is allowable or right, the due measure, propriety"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-PCiPAja2",
"links": [
[
"allowable",
"allowable"
],
[
"right",
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],
[
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[
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],
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{
"english": "neatly",
"text": "ad lēgem",
"translation": "neatly",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "in disorder, wildly",
"text": "sine lēge",
"translation": "in disorder, wildly",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rule, control, dominion"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun--Dl-fEYC",
"links": [
[
"control",
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],
[
"dominion",
"dominion"
]
],
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},
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{
"english": "a contract",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"text": "lēx operī faciundō",
"translation": "a contract",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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[
"compact",
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],
[
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"english": "the custom of war, the right of the conqueror",
"text": "lēx bellī",
"translation": "the custom of war, the right of the conqueror",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a law or rule established by divine authority or universally accepted by mankind"
],
"links": [
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"divine",
"divine"
],
[
"mankind",
"mankind"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "womens' existence is hard",
"ref": "c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 817",
"text": "lēge dūrā vīvont mulierēs",
"translation": "womens' existence is hard",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a principle inherent in the nature of a thing, a condition of existence"
],
"links": [
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"principle",
"principle"
],
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"inherent",
"inherent"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
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[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"existence",
"existence"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
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"english": "to transgress the standards of propriety set by those who came before",
"text": "lēgem priōrum ēgredī",
"translation": "to transgress the standards of propriety set by those who came before",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what is allowable or right, the due measure, propriety"
],
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"allowable",
"allowable"
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[
"right",
"right"
],
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"measure",
"measure"
],
[
"propriety",
"propriety"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
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"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "neatly",
"text": "ad lēgem",
"translation": "neatly",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "in disorder, wildly",
"text": "sine lēge",
"translation": "in disorder, wildly",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rule, control, dominion"
],
"links": [
[
"control",
"control"
],
[
"dominion",
"dominion"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
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"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a contract",
"raw_tags": [
"legal formula"
],
"text": "lēx operī faciundō",
"translation": "a contract",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a compact or agreement stipulating the terms for the performance of work, a contract"
],
"links": [
[
"compact",
"compact"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"stipulating",
"stipulating"
],
[
"performance",
"performance"
],
[
"contract",
"contract"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
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"categories": [
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"english": "on the condition (that), on these terms",
"text": "hāc lēge, eā lēge (ut), hīs lēgibus",
"translation": "on the condition (that), on these terms",
"type": "example"
},
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"english": "on one's own terms, at one’s discretion",
"text": "suā lēge, meā lēge, suīs lēgibus",
"translation": "on one's own terms, at one’s discretion",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a necessary condition for the fulfilment of a promise, contract, etc., a term, condition, stipulation"
],
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[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"fulfilment",
"fulfilment"
],
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"promise",
"promise"
],
[
"term",
"term"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"stipulation",
"stipulation"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
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},
{
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"Latin terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "breaking the covenants which bind them, neighbouring cities draw the sword",
"ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 1.510",
"roman": "Translation by H. Rushton Fairclough",
"text": "vīcīnae ruptīs inter sē lēgibus urbēs // arma ferunt",
"translation": "breaking the covenants which bind them, neighbouring cities draw the sword",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"terms of peace or friendship"
],
"links": [
[
"peace",
"peace"
],
[
"friendship",
"friendship"
]
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"(plural) terms of peace or friendship"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫeːks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Benjamin W. Fortson IV",
"de:Brian D. Joseph",
"de:Matthias Andreas Fritz"
],
"word": "lex"
}
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