Lawfull: right: conuenient: meete: inst: according to the law. Ætas legitima ad petendum Consulatum, Liu. Amor legitimus. Ouid. Coniux legitima. Ouid. Dies legitimus comitijs habendis, Cic. A day appointed by the lawe to thule the officers on. Legitimi dies, Bud. Daies in banke before ordinary indges, when the partie should appeare & plead: dayes of returne: ordinary dayes of delay and respite by the law. Finis legitimus. Ouid. Fœdere legitimo iunctus amor. Ouid. Legitimas horas accipit Cicero pro diebus legitimis. Impedimentum legitimum. Cic. Ius legitimum. Cic. Poëma legitimum. Horat. Nuptiæ legitimæ. Cic. Potestas legitima. Cic. Iusta & legitima potestas. Cic. Quæstiones legitimæ. Quint. Viri legitimi. Ouid. Lawfull husbandes. Vox legitima. Ouid. Vxor legitima. Mart.

I. Lit.

A. Adj.: dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, 128: legitimum imperium habere, id. Phil. 11, 10, 26: potestas, id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74: scriptum, id. Inv. 2, 43, 125: controversiae legitimae et civiles, which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109: aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem, Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, 25: impedimentum, a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24: poena, Suet. Claud. 14: crimen, laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3: filius (opp. nothus), legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia, ib. 6, 4, 2: conjux, Ov. M. 10, 437: legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare, Juv. 6, 200.—

B. Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare): legitimis quibusdam confectis, Nep. Phoc. 4, 2: custodite legitima mea, precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.: legitimum sempiternum erit, id. Exod. 28, 43.—

II. Transf., in gen.

A. l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.): quaestiones, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13: verba, Gell. 11, 1, 4: scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia, Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq.—

B. Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.): numerus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57: in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae, id. Fam. 7, 6, 1: illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc., id. Brut. 21, 82: poëma facere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109: sonus, id. A. P. 274: insania, Plin. 21, 31, 105, 178: verba, Ov. F. 2, 527: partus, right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, 168; cf.: spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc., Suet. Aug. 45: olus, Plin. 22, 22, 38, 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.): fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est, Plin. 31, 6, 31, 58; 33, 3, 20, 64: seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere, but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

1. According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately: is qui legitime procurator dicitur, Cic. Caecin. 20, 57: juste et legitime imperanti, id. Off. 1, 4, 13: non nisi legitime vult nubere, Juv. 10, 338.—

2. Transf., duly, properly: faex legitime cocta, Plin. 23, 2, 31, 64: studere, Tac. Or. 32: legitime fixis tabellis, Juv. 12, 100.