legion
意味
- (古代ローマの)軍団(3,000‐6,000人の歩兵と300‐700人の騎兵より成る)
- 軍勢,軍隊(army)
- 多数,無数(multitude)
- 《the L-》在郷軍人会,軍団
- きわめて多い
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "My name is Legion, for we are many".
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