littĕrātūra | lītĕr- (noun F) : (), , litterae.
* A writing formed of letters: litteratura constat ex notis litterarum et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,Cic. Part. 7, 26.— *
* Transf.: Graeca,the Greek alphabet,Tac. A. 11, 13.
* The science of language, grammar, philology: grammatice, quam in Latinum transferentes litteraturam vocaverunt,Quint. 2, 1, 4; cf. id. 2, 14, 3: prima illa litteratura, per quam pueris elementa traduntur,Sen. Ep. 88, 20.
* Learning, erudition: saecularis,Tert. Spect. 18.

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