leges

leges is a Latin form of lego, meaning “read; gather, choose”.

It can also be a form of lex, “law”. It is the nominative plural feminine noun or accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 792 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.33.3: … ocereturque paucis clam convocatis alio loco, alio tempore atque oportuerit fratrem a fratre renuntiatum, cum leges duo ex una familia vivo utroque non solum magistratus creari vetarent, sed etiam in senatu esse prohiberent, …

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 34.1: Leges retractauit et quasdam ex integro sanxit, ut sumptuariam et de adulteriis et de pudicitia, de ambitu, de mari …

Plautus, Menaechmi 4.2.580: quí neque legés neque aequóm bonum usquám colunt,

All forms of lego (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.