lectŭlus (noun M) : dim.id.
* A cosey couch, a bed.
* In gen.: qui sese illa ipsa nocte me in meo lectulo interfecturos pollicerentur,Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: philosophi in suis lectulis plerumque moriuntur,id. Fin. 2, 30, 97: a ducenda uxore sic abhorret, ut quicquam libero lectulo neget esse jucundius,single,id. Att. 14, 13: testis mihi lectulus,Juv. 9, 77.
* In partic.
* A small couch for reclining on at meals, an eatingcouch: statuite hic lectulos,Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 6: lectuli Puniciani,Cic. Mur. 36, 75.
* A funeral-bed, bed of state, Tac. A. 16, 11.
* A reading-couch, lounge, settee, sofa, Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38.
* A bridal-bed, Mart. 10, 38, 7; in full, lectulus matrimonialis,Quint. Decl. 1, 13.

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