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Here the word legatus, which is the word that Plutarch intends, is a superior officer who holds command under a Consul,
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He is called legatus Caesaris Syriae, without iterum, but there was no need for expressing in the inscription that he had held the government of Syria on two separate occasions.
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There are also six endemic genera of mammals, including three that are monotypic: the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi, VU), found in the Amami-shoto in the Nansei-shoto, the Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus, EN), found on Honshu and Shikoku, and the Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat (Kiplothrix legatus, EN), restricted to the Ryukyu Islands and the Yanbaru Forest on Okinawa.
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Pontius C. Caesaris legatus, referente Plinio, lib.
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The etymology for legacy is: c.1375, "body of persons sent on a mission," from O.Fr. legacie "legate's office," from M.L. legatia, from L. legatus "ambassador, envoy".
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V. illustris legatus, intelleximus, qu鄊 grat� vobis faceremus satis, si legatum aliquem cum mandatis instructum, ad S.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Hareborne legatus vestr� sacr� Maiestatis venit ad portam excelsissimam potentissimi et inuictissimi, et semper Augustissimi
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Consul Gallicus Consulatum agat, neue manus immittat, mandatum nostrum postulauit eius legatus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Et quanto honore, quanta dignitate, quant醧ue humanitate aliorum confoederatorum legati accipiuntur, pr鎓atus quoque legatus vester tanta reuerentia, tant醧ue amplitudine acceptus et collocatus est in porta excelsissima.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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For the delicate post of _legatus a latere_, no better candidate could be found than the Cardinal of Ferrara.
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