{"def":{"short":"a \"legion\", i.e., Roman regiment (figuratively)","long":["a legion, a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6826 men (i.e., 6100 foot soldiers, and 726 horsemen)"]},"deriv":"of Latin origin","pronun":{"ipa":"lɛ.ɣɛˈon","ipa_mod":"le̞.ʝe̞ˈown","sbl":"legeōn","dic":"leh-geh-ONE","dic_mod":"lay-gay-ONE"}}