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Legio in a sentence

Related words

Legio | Legion | Legions | Legionnaires | Legionaries | Legionella | Legionnaire | Legionary | Legiones

Using Legio

  • In the example corpus, legio often appears in combinations such as: the legio, legio gemina.

Context around Legio

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

diego 1× latin 1× uprising 1× legion 1× famous 1×

Often after:

military 1× maria 1× multitude 1×

Sentence patterns with Legio

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a legion legio i minervia 1× army or legio multitude 1× except for legio i to 1× from latin legio military levy 1× of the legio and the 1× of the legio maria based 1× of the legio x fretensis 1× san diego legio which finished 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a roman legion 1× barnes onomasticon 413 1× except for legio 1× following the uprising 1× history main roman 1× it comprised seven 1×

Common sentence endings:

1000 men each 1× aila under diocletian 1× atila 1963 1998 1× been much discussed 1× gemina was stationed 1× in her name 1×

Words around Legio

Just before it in the word index:

legilimency 4 legibus 4 legibly 4 legible 44 legibility 30 legia 6

Just after it in the word index:

legion 953 legionaries 30 legionary 13 legionella 29 legiones 3 legionis 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Legio

  • In this selection, "legio" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, diego, latin, uprising, military, maria and multitude stand out and add context to how "legio" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a legion legio i minervia and army or legio multitude. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "legio" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with legio

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This replaced the famous Legio IX Hispana main, whose disappearance has been much discussed. (14 words)

Following the uprising, Legio X Gemina was housed in a stone castra to keep an eye on the Batavians. (19 words)

The 2.05m Grant, 25, was a member of the San Diego Legio which finished second in MLR last season. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

A Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription ", from legere "to choose") was the largest unit of the Roman army involving from 3000 men in early times to over 5200 men in imperial times, consisting of centuries as the basic units. (42 words)

History main Roman kings (to c.500 BC) main In the period before the raising of the legio and the early years of the Roman Kingdom and the Republic, forces are described as being organized into centuries of roughly one hundred men. (42 words)

With this all Roman able-bodied, property-owning male citizens were divided into five classes for military service based on their wealth and then organised into centuries as sub-units of the greater Roman army or legio (multitude). (38 words)

Example sentences (13)

The 2.05m Grant, 25, was a member of the San Diego Legio which finished second in MLR last season.

A Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription ", from legere "to choose") was the largest unit of the Roman army involving from 3000 men in early times to over 5200 men in imperial times, consisting of centuries as the basic units.

Barnes, "Onomasticon", 413. Eusebius references to the encampment of the Legio X Fretensis at Aila (in southern Israel, near modern Aqaba and Eilat ); the X Fretensis was probably transferred from Jerusalem to Aila under Diocletian.

Except for Legio I to IV, which were the consular armies (two per consul), other units were levied by campaign.

Following the uprising, Legio X Gemina was housed in a stone castra to keep an eye on the Batavians.

History main Roman kings (to c.500 BC) main In the period before the raising of the legio and the early years of the Roman Kingdom and the Republic, forces are described as being organized into centuries of roughly one hundred men.

It comprised seven legions — among which were the Legio I Maximiana and imperial auxiliaries — of 700 to 1000 men each.

Not only did he keep a personal shrine dedicated to her in his bedroom, she regularly appeared on his coinage—in four different attested reverse types—and he founded a legion, Legio I Minervia, in her name.

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Other examples The following were elected by allegedly faithful Catholics, none of whom was a cardinal : * Popes of the " Legio Maria ", based in western Kenya (not technically Conclavist): Timothy Joseph Blasio Atila (1963–1998).

The Legio II Parthica was removed from Alba ( Albano Laziale ), and the remainder of Maxentius' armies were sent to do frontier duty on the Rhine.

This replaced the famous Legio IX Hispana main, whose disappearance has been much discussed.

This village was destroyed in the revolt, but when it had ended the Romans built another, bigger camp where the Legio X Gemina was stationed.

With this all Roman able-bodied, property-owning male citizens were divided into five classes for military service based on their wealth and then organised into centuries as sub-units of the greater Roman army or legio (multitude).

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Common combinations with legio

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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