lex
法、法律
解説 Definition
lex はラテン語で「法」や「法律」を意味する名詞です。英語では単独で日常的に使われることは少なく、法律用語や学術的な表現、成句の中で見られます。
Lex is the Latin word for “law.” In English-language writing, it appears chiefly in learned legal expressions and Latin phrases, where it denotes a law, legal rule, or body of rules rather than serving as an everyday substitute for law.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lex はラテン語で「法」。日常英語の law の代わりに単独使用する語ではなく、lex talionis「報復法」などラテン語の法律句で現れます。legal、legislation と同じ法律語彙のまとまりに接続し、古い法文や法制史の文脈で覚えましょう。
Treat lex as a Latin legal term, not as the normal English word for law. You are most likely to meet it in academic writing, legal history, or fixed Latin phrases such as lex talionis, the law of retaliation. Connect it with familiar English legal vocabulary, including legal, legislation, and legislate. That shared association with rules and law provides a reliable memory link. When reading, the surrounding Latin expression usually tells you what particular law or legal principle lex identifies.
例文
In Latin, lex means law.
ラテン語で lex は法律を意味する。
The phrase lex talionis refers to the law of retaliation.
lex talionis という表現は報復法を指す。
Students of legal history often meet the word lex in old texts.
法制史を学ぶ学生は古い文献で lex という語によく出会う。
lex の類義語・関連語
lex の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 lex（法律）が語源で、語根は leg-（集める・選ぶ・読む）に由来する。法とは「集められた規則」という発想。ここから legal（合法の）、legislate（立法する）、privilege（私的な法＝特権）など多数の法律用語が派生した。
Lex is the Latin noun meaning “law,” with the genitive form legis. English preserves it mainly in Latin legal phrases and scholarly terminology. It is historically associated with the Latin family seen in legal and legislate. Although deeper Indo-European connections have been proposed involving ideas such as gathering or choosing, the secure and useful account for learners is its direct Latin meaning and its role in compounds and set expressions concerning law.
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