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Meaning of leguleius | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[ɫeː.ɡʊˈɫɛj.jʊs]

Definitions

a procedural lawyer, one expert in formal technicalities

declension-2, derogatory, often

Equivalents

Čeština vinklář
Dansk ordkløver
Deutsch Erbsenzähler Haarspalter Kleingeist Rechtsverdreher Winkeladvokat Wortklauber
English Pettifogger
Español abogadillo buscapleitos leguleyo picapleitos rábula soplacausas tinterillo
Suomi pilkunviilaaja
Français avocaillon chicaneur
Italiano leguleio
Latina rabula
Nederlands mierenneuker muggenzifter
Polski kłótnica kłótnik przechera
Português rábula
Svenska krångelmakare lagvrängare

Examples

“Ita est tibi iūris cōnsultus ipse per sē nihil nisi lēguleius quīdam cautus et acūtus, praecō āctiōnum, cantor fōrmulārum, auceps syllabārum”

And as a result, a lawyer in and of himself ends up being merely some kind of diligent and shrewd legal tradesman, a crier of legal actions, a singer of legal formulas, a trapper of syllables.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

leguli legulis legulo legulorum legulos legulum

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