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(P. a.) : lectus, a, um, Part. and , from 2. lego.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
lectus (noun M) : 2. lego
* A reading, Prisc. 1221 P.
* = 2. lectus, q. v.
* A reading, Prisc. 1221 P.
* = 2. lectus, q. v.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
lectus | lectum, i | lectus, ūs (noun M.n) : m. (nom. , , n., Dig. 32, 1, 52, § 9; 34, 2, 19, § 8; , , Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 15; al. lecti; Sen. Ep. 95, 72 Haas; Cornif. ap. Prisc. 711 P.) [Gr. λέχος, ἄλοχος, λόχος, λόχμη; Lat. lectica; cf. Germ. Lager]
* A couch, bed.
* In gen.: meum quidem te lectum certe occupare non sinam,Plaut. Truc. 5, 71: dapsilis,id. ib. 1, 1, 34: standumst in lecto,id. Men. 1, 1, 26: lecti loris subtenti,Cato, R. R. 10: in lecto esse,Cic. Fam. 9, 23; id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: lecto teneri,to be confined to one's bed,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 16: surgere lecto,Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 31: descendere lecto,Tib. 1, 2, 19 (al. derepere): lectus Proculā minor,too short for,Juv. 3, 203: pedes lecti, in quo cubat Dialis, luto tenui circumlitos esse oportet,Gell. 10, 15, 14 sqq.—Plur.: lectos eburatos, auratos (advexit),Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53.
* In partic.
* A bridal bed: lectus genialis, the nuptial-bed, which, after the marriage, was called adversus (because it stood opposite the door): genialis,Cic. Clu. 5 fin.: adversus,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 85.jugalis,Verg. A. 4, 496: aucupor in lecto mendaces caelibe somnos,Ov. H. 13, 107.
* A couch for reclining on at meals, a dining- or eating-couch, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: lecto recumbere,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1: in imo lecto residere,Suet. Aug. 64.
* A couch or settee on which it was customary to read or write, a reading-couch, Sen. Ep. 72, 2.
* A funeral bed or couch, a bier: flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,Tib. 1, 1, 61: lecto funebri aptatus,Petr. 114: corpus ipsum impositum lecto erat,Quint. 6, 1, 31.
* A couch, bed.
* In gen.: meum quidem te lectum certe occupare non sinam,Plaut. Truc. 5, 71: dapsilis,id. ib. 1, 1, 34: standumst in lecto,id. Men. 1, 1, 26: lecti loris subtenti,Cato, R. R. 10: in lecto esse,Cic. Fam. 9, 23; id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: lecto teneri,to be confined to one's bed,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 16: surgere lecto,Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 31: descendere lecto,Tib. 1, 2, 19 (al. derepere): lectus Proculā minor,too short for,Juv. 3, 203: pedes lecti, in quo cubat Dialis, luto tenui circumlitos esse oportet,Gell. 10, 15, 14 sqq.—Plur.: lectos eburatos, auratos (advexit),Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53.
* In partic.
* A bridal bed: lectus genialis, the nuptial-bed, which, after the marriage, was called adversus (because it stood opposite the door): genialis,Cic. Clu. 5 fin.: adversus,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 85.jugalis,Verg. A. 4, 496: aucupor in lecto mendaces caelibe somnos,Ov. H. 13, 107.
* A couch for reclining on at meals, a dining- or eating-couch, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: lecto recumbere,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1: in imo lecto residere,Suet. Aug. 64.
* A couch or settee on which it was customary to read or write, a reading-couch, Sen. Ep. 72, 2.
* A funeral bed or couch, a bier: flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,Tib. 1, 1, 61: lecto funebri aptatus,Petr. 114: corpus ipsum impositum lecto erat,Quint. 6, 1, 31.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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