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Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lectīcŭla: ae, f.
dim. lectica,
I a small litter or sedan.
I In gen.: lecticulā in curiam esse delatum, Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55: Scipio lecticulā in aciem illatus, Liv. 24, 42. —
   B In partic.
   1    A bier: elatus est in lecticula sine ulla pompa funebri, Nep. Att. 22, 2.—
   2    A couch or settee, on which one lay while reading or writing: lucubratoria lecticula, Suet. Aug. 78.—
II Transf., of a hen's nest, App. M. 9, p. 232.