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
- A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...idcirco continentia mandauimus, ne uellicatim aut saltuatim scribendo lectorum animos impediremus..." - C
Pelopidas
Cornelius Nepos
"...quantum potuero, et medebor cum satietati tum ignorantiae lectorum. Phoebidas Lacedaemonius cum exercitum Olynthum duceret iterque per Thebas..." - L
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..." - G
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..." - G
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..."
