To gather: to read: to passe by: to choose: to steale. Mala lecta ex arbore. Virg. Poma legit ab arboribus. Tibul. Nauita legit humida vela. Virg. The shipman trusseth vp the moist sailes. Halitum alicuius ore legere. Virg. To receiue ones breath at his mouth. Legere sermonem alterius, per translationem. Plautus. To bearken what one sayth. Legere spolia. Liu. To gather spoyle or bootie. Legere vestigia. Ouid. To follow steppe by steppe. Legere. Virg. To read. Oculis inuitis legere verba alicuius. Ouid. Eos libros per te ipse legeres. Cic. Commodè legere. Plin. iun. To read handsomely. Intentè legere. Plin. iun.

A law: a statute or decree: a rule to follow: a couenam or condition. Authorlegis atque adiutor. Cic. Auxilium legum. Tacit. Latores legum. Quint. Law makers. Constitutor legis. Quint. Necessitudo legis. Tacit. Nexus legis. Tacu. The bond of the law. Peritus iuris, legúmque. Horat. Sanctor legum. Tacit. Tutela legum. Ouid. Lege populi aliquid poscere. Plaut. Lex M arestatis. Tacit. A law for treason. Leges curiatæ, Vide CVRIATVS. Leges Centuriatæ, Vide CENTVRIA. Lex Iulia iubet persequi ab ijs qui, &c. Cic. Lex Iulia, qua ciuitas est socijs. & Latinis data. Cic. Lex Licinia, nequis ipse sibi curationem ferret. Cic. Lex Licinia quæ est de sodalitijs. Cic. Lex Maria pontes fecit angustos. Cic. Lex Papyria vetat ædes iniussu plebis consecrari. Cic. Lege Pompeia cantum est. Plin. iun. Prouision was made by Pompeyes law. Æquæ leges. Mart. Amissæ pereunt leges. Lucan. Arctæ leges, Vide ARCEO. Aspera lex. Quint. Barbarica lex, Vide BARBARVS. Colonicæ leges, Vide COLONVS. Decemuirales leges, Vide DECEMVIR. Durissimæ leges. Quint. Iudiciaria lex, Vide LVDICO. Iustæ leges. Sil. Ital. Malignæ leges. Ouid. Mollior lex, Vide MOLLIS. Mortales leges Liu. Publica lex hominum. Pers. Theatralis lex. Quint. Sanctæ leges. Horat. Validæ leges. Lucret. Secundissimæ leges. Liu. Vanæ leges sine moribus. Horat. Socia lex. Ouid. Vetus lex. Quint. Tetricæ leges. Claud. Viduatæ iudice leges. Claud. Liber legibus, Vide LIBER. Legibus & præmia proposita sunt virtutibus, & supplicia vitijs. Cic. It is ordayned by law that vertue be rewarded and vice punished. Abdicare legem, Vide ABDICO. Abrogare lege, legî, & legem. Cic. Abuti legibus ad quæstum, Vide ABVTOR. Accipere legem, & leges, Vide ACCIPIO. Accipere aliquid contra leges. Cic. Adæquare aliquem legibus. Tacitus. To make of like authoritic with the lawes. Administrare leges. Cic. To execute the lawes. Agere lege. Cic. To pursue according to the lawe: to sue in the lawe. Agere lege. Liu. To execute the law. Lictorem lege agere iubet. Liu. He commaunded the officer to execute the law. Agere lege. Cic. Quum egisset lege in hæreditatem paternam rcstamento exhæres filius. When the sonne that was disherired did sue for his fathers heritage, according to the order of the law. Magnis agitant sub legibus æuum. Virg. Ascribere in legem, vel in legibus, Vide ASCRIBO. Assuescere legibus. Liu. Astringi legibus. Cic. To be subiect to the law. Cedere legibus, Vide CEDO. Coactus legibus. Terent. Coustrained by law. Coæquare leges, Vide COAEQVO. Coangustare legem, Vide COANGVSTO. Committere contra legem. Cic. Comparent leges, Vide COMPAREO. Componere & sancire leges. Cic. Comprobare legem. Liu. Condemnare lege aliquem. Cic. To condemne by law. Conseribere legem, Vide CONSCRIBO. Conserere leges. Cic. Denuntiare lege. Quint. Constituere legem. Cic. Date leges. Virg. Mos & lex maculosum edomuit nefas. Horat. Egredi leges. Tac. To passe the boundes of the law. In leges ire. Stat. Intra legem epulari, Vide INTRA. Euertere & perfringere leges. Cic. Legem ferre. Cic. To make a law. Legem Tribun pleb. tulit ne, &c. Cic. The tribune made a law. Fixit leges pretio, atque refixit. Virg. He bought & sould lawes for mony: for bribes to foredoe lawes. Florent sub Cæsare leges. Ouid. Fundare vrbes legibus. Quint. Implorare leges. Suet. To call on the lawes for iustice. Imponere legem alicui, Vide IMPONO. Imponere leges populo per vim & contra auspicia. Cic. To set lawes vpon. Incidere leges. Cic. Incidere leges ligno. Horat. Leges incidebãtur antiquitus in æs, vel etiam in marmore quo perpetuæ essent: & in Capitolio vel loco aliquo publico figebantur, vt omnibus aperte essent. Cic. Indicere leges. Propert. Interpretari legem, & equitate explicare. Cic. Inurere leges, Vide INVRO. Irrogare leges, Vide IRROGO. Populus Romanus legem iussit de ciuitate tribuenda. Cicer. The people of Rome made a law. Iurare in leges alterius, Vide IVRO. Manet lex, Vide MANEO. Obtrectare legi, Vide OBTRECTO. Perfringere leges. Cic. Permissum est lege, Vide PERMITTO. Perrumpere leges. Cic. By power to escape the punishment of the law. Ponere leges. Horat. Leges suas ciuitatibus reddere. Cic. To permit the cities to vse their lawes againe. Validas æui rescindere leges. Lucr. Rogare leges. Lucret. Ruptis legibus arma ferunt vrbes. Virg. Sancire leges. Cic. Scribere leges. Cic. Aurum lex sequitur. Propert. The law followeth monie: monie ruleth the law. Leges bello siluêre coactæ. Lucan. The lawes were constrained to giue place to warre. Legibus soluere. Liu. To dispence with one and graunt him a placard to do any thing against the law. Solutus lege. Lucr. Erempt from the penaltie of the lawe. Teneri legibus. Lucr. To be subiert to the law. Implicatum legibus teneri. Cic. To be wrapped in the daunger of the lawes. Timendæ leges in pace. Luean. Iniquas leges tolerare, Claud. Lege vendere. Plautus. To sell rightfully and according to the law. Vetita legibus alea. Horat. Drce forbidden by the law. Vri legibus. Lucret. Legem & conditionem instituere. Cic. To appaynt a rule and maner. Vincula legum. Quint. Certa lex tempornm. Quint. A certaine rule. ictum iam. fœdus, & omnes Compositæ leges. Virgil. The league was made and all conditions agreed on. Metricæ leges. Plin. The rules of versifying. Conscribere leges. Quint. To appoynt rules. Alligarilege. Quint. Dicere legem sibi ipsi. Ouid. Firmatas pacis dissoluere leges. Claud. Conditions. Longa consuetudo alites docendi fecerat legem. Quint. Imponere sibi leges, Vide IMPONO. Indicere sibi legem innccentiæ, Vide INDICO. Seruare certam legem temporum. Quint. Vltra legem tendere opus. Horat. Fatali lege tenemur. Ouid. We are subiett to the law & rule of necessitie. Tradere se sub leges pacís. Virg. Natura se verter in nouas leges. Senec. -ea lege hoc adeò faciam, si faciat. Quod ego hunc æquum censeo. Terent. On this condition I will do it. Lege hactibi meam astringo fidem. Ter. On this condition I plight thee my faith and trouth. Ea lege esse nos natos, vt nemo in perpetuuth esse posset expers mali. Cic. Lex. A tule: a maner: a fashion. Cic. Hanc ad legem formandavobis oratio est. You must fsame your stile according to this rule. In versibus illis certa quædam & definita lex est, quam sequi oporter. Cic.

I. Lit.: legem ferre: antiquare, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: rogare, id. Phil. 2, 29, 72: leges ac jura ferre, Juv. 2, 72: legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc., Liv. 33, 46: Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc., Cic. Att. 14, 12: legem sciscere de aliqua re, id. Planc. 14, 35: populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda, id. Balb. 17, 38: repudiare, id. Lael. 25, 96.—

II. Transf.

A. A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: legem gravem alicui imponere, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere, id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: neglegere, perrumpere, id. Leg. 1, 15, 42: leges ac jura labefactare, id. Caecin. 25, 70: legem condere, Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.: nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi, i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—

B. Esp. in phrases.

1. Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally: ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona, Ter. And. 4, 5, 4: Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium, Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—

2. Legis actio, a statutory process: actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt, ... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur, Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. 12 sqq.—

3. Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.

a. Of the lictor, to execute a sentence: Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet, Liv. 26, 15, 9. —

b. To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum; molestus ne sis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11: lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, 115.—

4. Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law: ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc., the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9: quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset, Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf. also: facio fraudem senatus consulto, Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—

C. In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner: qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: communis condicio lexque vitae, id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18: haec lex in amicitia sauciatur, id. Lael. 12, 40: quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: lex veri rectique, id. ib. 2, 9, 27: aliquam legem vitae accipere, Sen. Ep. 108, 6: ad legem naturae revertamur, id. ib. 25, 4: leges in historia observandae, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5: quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat? id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3: vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint, id. Planc. 2, 5: hanc ad legem formanda est oratio, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex, id. Or. 58: legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: leges Epicuri, id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24: vetus lex sermonis, Quint. 1, 5, 29: contra leges loquendi, id. 1, 8, 13: lex et ratio loquendi, Juv. 6, 453: secundum grammaticam legem, Gell. 13, 21, 22: legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc., id. 16, 2, 1: citharae leges, Tac. A. 16, 4: beneficii, Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4: sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex, Juv. 7, 102: scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc., Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5: qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur, id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things: quā sidera lege mearent, by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly: exspatiantur equi ... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt, Ov. M. 2, 204: jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli, id. H. 15, 73: haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet, quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.: sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras, id. Hal. 32.—

D. A contract, agreement, covenant: oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc., Cato, R. R. 145: in mancipii lege, a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.: Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere, id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—

E. A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).

1. In gen. (mostly ante-class.): ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13: quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri, id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: legibus dictis, Liv. 9, 5, 3: dicta tibi est lex, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18: sed vos saevas imponite leges, Juv. 7, 229.—

2. Hence of conditions or terms of peace: pax data Philippo in has leges est, Liv. 33, 30: quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt, id. 30, 43: pacemque his legibus constituerunt, Nep. Tim. 2: se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere, Verg. A. 4, 618: leges et foedera jungere, id. ib. 12, 822: in leges ire, Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—

F. In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses: nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem, Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13; often called lex Moysi, id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5; but more freq. lex Domini, id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2: lex Dei, id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.; also cf.: lex Altissimi, id. Eccl. 19, 21: lex tua, id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18: lex mea, id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law: ista est lex animantium, Vulg. Lev. 11, 46: istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus, id. Num. 30, 17.