Latin

Verb

lectitō ‎(present infinitive lectitāre, perfect active lectitāvī, supine lectitātum); first conjugation

1. I often gather or collect eagerly

   Conchulas et calculos in litore lectitasse.

   To have often gathered small shellfishes and pebbles at the shore.

   Lectito flores.

   I often gather flowers.

2. I read often, eagerly or attention, to peruse

   Auctores quos nunc lectito.

   Writers whom I read often now.

   Libros non legendos sed lectitandos.

   Books must not be read but read eagerly.

   Lectitavisse Platonem studiose.

   To have often read Plato zealously.

   Libros exuri jussit, conquisitos lectitatosque.

   He has ordered for the selected and much read books to be destroyed.

Inflection

Related terms

• lēctiuncula
• lēctor

References

• lectito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lectito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lectito”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
    
• lectito in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016