lēgātiō, ōnis [legō], f., an embassy.

lēgātus, ī [legō], m., an ambassador, legate; lieutenant, deputy.

legiō, ōnis [legō], f., a legion.

legō, ere, lēgī, lēctus, to gather, collect; select, appoint, choose; read. con—conlegō, ere, lēgī, lēctus, to collect, gather; obtain, get, acquire. dis—dīligō, ere, lēxī, lēctus, to single out, esteem, love, prize. ex—ēligō, ere, lēgī, lēctus, to pick out, choose, select.

lēnitās, ātis [lēnis, soft], f., softness, smoothness, gentleness, mildness.

lēniter [lēnis, soft], adv., softly, mildly, lightly.

Lentulus, ī, m., the name of a Roman family. 1. (L.) Cornēlius Lentulus, consul 275 B.C. 2. L. Cornēlius Lentulus, consul 237 B.C. 3. P. Cornēlius Lentulus, consul 71 B.C.

leō, ōnis, m., lion.

Lepidus, ī, m., M. Aemilius Lepidus, a member of the Second Triumvirate, consul 46 B.C.

Leptis, is, f., a Phoenician colony in the northern part of Africa.