legatio

Meaning

1. (declension-3) ambassador (office, not person)
2. (declension-3) embassy; member of an embassy; mission (cf. Whitaker's Words)
3. (declension-3) legation
4. (declension-3) deputy command
5. (declension-3) donation, bequest (medieval)

Concepts

embassy

office of ambassador

office of legate

Translations

πρεσβεία

ambassade

embaixada

ambasciata

ambassade

Botschaft

embajada

ambasad

elçilik

sefarethane

ambaixada

sefaret

balyozxane

legazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɫeːˈɡaː.ti.oː]

Etymology

From lēgō (“send with a commission”) + -tiō.