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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=lectus lecta -um, lectior -or -us, lectissimus -a -um ADJ :: chosen, picked, selected; choice, excellent; (pl. as subst = picked men)<br />lectus lectus lecti N M :: [[bed]], [[couch]], [[lounge]], [[sofa]]; [[bridal bed]]<br />lectus lectus lecti N M :: chosen/picked/selected men (pl.)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lectus</b>: a, um, Part. and P. a., from 2. [[lego]].<br /><b>lectus</b>: i, m. (nom. lectum, i, n., Dig. 32, 1, 52, § 9; 34, 2, 19, § 8; [[lectus]], ūs, 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],<br /><b>I</b> a [[couch]], [[bed]].<br /><b>I</b> 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]], id. 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.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[couch]] or settee on [[which]] it [[was]] [[customary]] to [[read]] or [[write]], a [[reading]]-[[couch]], Sen. Ep. 72, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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.<br /><b>lectus</b>: ūs, m. 2. [[lego]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[reading]], Prisc. 1221 P.—<br /><b>II</b> = 2. [[lectus]], q. v.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>lēctus</b>,¹⁰ a, um, p. de [[lego]] 2 &#124;&#124; adj<sup>t</sup>, choisi, de choix, d’élite : lectissima verba Cic. Or. 227, les [[termes]] les mieux choisis ; lectissimi viri Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, hommes d’élite ; lectior [[femina]] Cic. Inv. 1, 52, femme [[plus]] distinguée.<br />(2) [[lectus]],⁸ ī, m. (cf. [[λέχος]]), lit : [[Cato]] Agr. 10 ; Cic. Fam. 9, 23 ; Tusc. 5, 59 ; Verr. 2, 5, 16 &#124;&#124; lit nuptial : Cic. Clu. 14 ; Virg. En. 4, 496 &#124;&#124; lit de table : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 183 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1 &#124;&#124; lit de repos : Sen. Ep. 72, 2 &#124;&#124; lit funèbre : Tib. 1, 1, 61 ; Quint. 6, 1, 31. gén. [[lectus]] Pl. Amph. 513 ; Her. d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 73 ; *Sen. Ep. 95, 72.<br />(3) <b>lēctŭs</b>, ūs, m.,<br /><b>1</b> ([[lego]] 2), lecture : Prisc. Vers. Æn. 1, 17<br /><b>2</b> v. [[lectus]] 2.||adj<sup>t</sup>, choisi, de choix, d’élite : lectissima verba Cic. Or. 227, les [[termes]] les mieux choisis ; lectissimi viri Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, hommes d’élite ; lectior [[femina]] Cic. Inv. 1, 52, femme [[plus]] distinguée.<br />(2) [[lectus]],⁸ ī, m. (cf. [[λέχος]]), lit : [[Cato]] Agr. 10 ; Cic. Fam. 9, 23 ; Tusc. 5, 59 ; Verr. 2, 5, 16||lit nuptial : Cic. Clu. 14 ; Virg. En. 4, 496||lit de table : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 183 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1||lit de repos : Sen. Ep. 72, 2||lit funèbre : Tib. 1, 1, 61 ; Quint. 6, 1, 31. gén. [[lectus]] Pl. Amph. 513 ; Her. d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 73 ; *Sen. Ep. 95, 72.<br />(3) <b>lēctŭs</b>, ūs, m.,<br /><b>1</b> ([[lego]] 2), lecture : Prisc. Vers. Æn. 1, 17<br /><b>2</b> v. [[lectus]] 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) lēctus<sup>1</sup>, a, um, PAdi. (v. 2. [[lego]]), I) [[auserlesen]], [[ausgesucht]], pueri, Cic.: verba, Cic.: verba lectissima, Cic. – II) übtr., [[auserlesen]], [[musterhaft]], [[ein]] [[Muster]] [[von]], [[vortrefflich]] in seiner [[Art]], a) v. Pers. (s. Moser Cic. Verr. 2, 49. p. 190), [[adulescens]], Cic.: ut [[neque]] [[vir]] [[melior]] [[neque]] [[femina]] lectior in terris sit, Cic.: [[femina]] lectissima, Cic.: lectissimus [[atque]] ornatissimus [[adulescens]], Cic. – b) v. Lebl.: [[vinum]] Massicum, Hor.: [[argentum]], gutes, vollwertiges [[Geld]], Ter.<br />'''(2)''' [[lectus]]<sup>2</sup>, ī, m. (vgl. [[λέχος]], [[λέκτρον]]), die Lagerstatt, u. [[zwar]]: I) zum Schlafen, das [[Bett]], 1) im allg., Cic. u.a.: [[cubicularis]], Schlafbett, Cic.: [[argenteus]], Curt.: [[caelebs]], eheloses, eines Ehelosen, Ov.: [[vacuus]], [[mit]] keinem Genossen (keiner [[Genossin]]) geteilt, liebeleer, Prop.: [[lectus]] doloris, Schmerzenslager, Ambros.: [[lecto]] teneri, das [[Bett]] [[hüten]], Cic.: so [[auch]] cum [[etiam]] tum in [[lecto]] [[Crassus]] esset, Cic. – 2) insbes., das [[Braut]]-, [[Ehebett]], gew. [[mit]] dem [[Zusatz]] [[iugalis]], Verg., od. [[genialis]], Cic., od. ([[weil]] es der [[Tür]] [[des]] Atriums gegenüberstand) [[adversus]], Laber. fr. u. Prop.; vgl. Schmid Hor. ep. 1, 1, 87. – II) das [[Ruhebett]], 1) das [[Sofa]] zum [[Lesen]], Meditieren u. [[Schreiben]] (da die Alten [[dies]] [[meist]] in liegender [[Stellung]] taten), Sen. ep. 72, 2. – 2) das [[Speisesofa]] (vollst. [[convivalis]] [[lectus]], Tac. ann. 14, 9), gew. [[für]] [[drei]] Personen, Cic. u.a.: [[tricliniaris]], Plin. u. Lampr.: [[ligneus]], Sen.: sternite lectos, Plaut.: [[lectus]] est [[stratus]], Plaut. – 3) zum Schaustellen der Toten, [[Paradebett]], [[Leichenbett]], die [[Bahre]] (vollst. [[lectus]] [[funebris]], Val. Max. 4, 1, 12. Petron. 114, 12), arsuro [[positus]] [[lecto]], Tibull.: in [[lecto]] componi, Sen.: [[lecto]] imponi, Quint.: [[lectum]] in [[forum]] detulerunt, Suet.: mortui [[lectum]] (die [[Totenbahre]]) [[pro]] rostris sustulerunt [[quattuor]] filii, Vell. – / Nbf. [[lectus]], ūs, m., Plaut. Amph. 509 Ussing (Fleckeisen lecti). Cornif. [[bei]] Prisc. 6, 73. Sen. ep. 95, 72 H. Vgl. Bursian Jahresber. 1, 411 f. u. 453. – u. [[lectum]], ī, n., Ulp. dig. 32, 1, 52. § 9 u. 34, 2, 19. § 8.<br />'''(3)''' lēctus<sup>3</sup>, ūs, m. (2. [[lego]]), I) = [[ἀνάγνωσις]], das [[Lesen]], Prisc. partit. XII. vers. Aen. 1, 17. p. 463, 16 K. – II) das [[Lesen]] = die [[Lektüre]], Belesenheit, Sen. contr. exc. 3. § 3. p. 242, 1 K. [[mit]] den codd. (Bursian p. 359, 20 [[lectio]]). – III) = 2. [[lectus]], s. [[dort]] a. E.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=lectus, a, um. ''part''. ''p''. ''c''. ''s''. v. [[lego]]. :: Lectissimus juvenis 大才之幼年。<br />lectus, i ''vel'' ''us. m. :: 牀。饗宴之牀。— arachaicus 古貌之床。— adversus 東床。— funebris 棺材。枢。Lecto teneri 病臥在牀。Alienum lectum concutere 姦人婦。<br />lectus, us. m. :: [[揀]]
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