legista

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: le‧gì‧sta

Noun

legista m or f by sense (masculine plural legisti, feminine plural legiste)

1. (law) jurist

Further reading

• legista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gelasti, legasti, sgelati, siglate, slegati

Latin

Etymology

From lēx (“law”) +‎ -ista (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leːˈɡis.ta/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒis.ta/, [leˈd͡ʒist̪ä]

Noun

lēgista m (genitive lēgistae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) one skilled in law, legist

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēgista	lēgistae
Genitive	lēgistae	lēgistārum
Dative	lēgistae	lēgistīs
Accusative	lēgistam	lēgistās
Ablative	lēgistā	lēgistīs
Vocative	lēgista	lēgistae

References

• legista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• legista in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈʒis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈʒis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /leˈʒiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈʒis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈʒiʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: le‧gis‧ta

Adjective

legista m or f (plural legistas)

1. skilled in law

Noun

legista m or f by sense (plural legistas)

1. Clipping of médico-legista.
2. Clipping of médica-legista.

Spanish

Adjective

legista m or f (masculine and feminine plural legistas)

1. skilled in law; legist

Derived terms

• médico legista

 

Noun

legista m or f by sense (plural legistas)

1. one skilled in law

Further reading

• “legista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014