lectorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lego, legere, legi, lectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out;
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. pl. perf. pass. part. - 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);
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →lectus, lecti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
chosen/picked/selected men (pl.);; bed, couch, lounge, sofa; bridal bed;
gen. pl. - Entry →lector, lectoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
reader;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...idcirco continentia mandauimus, ne uellicatim aut saltuatim scribendo lectorum animos impediremus..."Pelopidas
Cornelius Nepos
"...quantum potuero, et medebor cum satietati tum ignorantiae lectorum. Phoebidas Lacedaemonius cum exercitum Olynthum duceret iterque per Thebas..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...quam timor qui Hannibale post Cannas moenia circumsidente lectorum percurrit animos, sed omnia ista motus sunt animorum moueri..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...pueris puellisque nobilibus, qui more veteri ad fulcra lectorum sedentes uescerentur. Convivae, qui pridie scyphum aureum subripuisse existimabatur..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...debebunt. Adnisi certe sumus, ut quamlibet diversa genera lectorum per plures dicendi species teneremus, ac sicut veremur..."
