legion
To form into legionsTo form into legions.
» Tom doesn't know the difference between a phalanx and a legion.
Meaning
1 sensesTo form into legions.
Examples
16 sentencesTom doesn't know the difference between a phalanx and a legion.
A legion of anthropomorphic foxes is clashing with an army of orcs.
Stories like that are legion.
deSolche Geschichten gibt es wie Sand am Meer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I am a thousand, I am ten thousand, I am legions. I am present in everything around me.
He enlisted in the Foreign Legion.
deEr trat in die Fremdenlegion ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin lAttested (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.
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Forms
legions, legioning, legioned, legionedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle