λεγεών

λεγεών — legeṓn

λεγεών and (so T, Tr (but not in Mat 26:53), WH (see at the end), also Lachmann in Mar 5:9; Mar 5:15) λεγιών (cf. Tdf. edition 7 Proleg., p. 1.; (especially edition 8, p. 83; Buttmann, 16 (15)); so, too, in inscriptions in Boeckh; (Diodorus, Plutarch, others)), λεγεωνος, ἡ (a Latin word), a legion (a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6,826 men (i. e. 6,100 foot soldiers, and 726 horsemen)): Mat 26:53; Mar 5:9; Mar 5:15; Luk 8:30 (here WH (ex errore?) λεγιών (cf. Chandler § 593)).