legitimus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === lēgitumus (archaic) === Etymology === Derived from lēx (“law”). Compare fīnitimus, maritimus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫeːˈɡɪ.tɪ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈd͡ʒiː.ti.mus] === Adjective === lēgitimus (feminine lēgitima, neuter lēgitimum, adverb lēgitimē); first/second-declension adjective lawful, legal, legitimate Synonym: iūstus legal (of or pertaining to the law) legitimate (born of married parents) just, proper, appropriate Synonyms: ūtilis, commodus, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, habilis, iūstus, opportūnus Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== legitimo (Medieval Latin) illegitimus ==== Related terms ==== lēgifer lēgitimē lēx ==== Descendants ==== === References === “legitimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “legitimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "legitimus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “legitimus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.