lectissimos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lectus, lecta -um, lectior -or -us, lectissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
chosen, picked, selected; choice, excellent; (pl. as subst = picked men);
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quia in castris quoque periculosa fortissimis imperantur: dux lectissimos mittit qui nocturnis hostes adgrediantur insidiis aut explorent iter..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...ratio et constantia ducis transvexit. Depositis omnibus sarcinis lectissimos auxiliarium, quibus nota vada et patrius nandi usus..."