adjective

lēgĭfer

fem. lēgifĕra · neut. lēgifĕrum

lawgiving poetic

lawgiving (poet.).

Adj.: Minos, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 41: legifera Ceres (as the foundress of the social… •

Adj.: Minos, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 41: legifera Ceres (as the foundress of the social life of mankind), Verg. A. 4, 58. —

a law-giver

Subst.: lēgĭfer, ĕri, m., a law-giver, applied to Moses, Lact. 4, 17, 7; Tert. Apol. 19 fin.; Prud. στεφ. 3, 363; Vulg. Isa. 33, 22.

Perseus ID: n26172 Key: legifer