Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleːk.tus/

Participle

lēctus m ‎(feminine lēcta, neuter lēctum); first/second declension

1. chosen, picked, having been selected
2. choice, excellent

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• lēctē

Related terms

• legō

Descendants

• Istriot: lito
• Italian: letto
• Sicilian: lettu

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‎(“to lie”). Related to Ancient Greek λέχος ‎(lékhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛk.tus/

Noun

lectus m ‎(genitive lectī); second declension

1. bed

   Pueri sub lecto sunt.

   The boys are under the bed.

2. couch, sofa

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• lectīca
• lectīcārius
• lectīcula
• lectuārius

Descendants

See also

• cubīle n

References

• lectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be confined to one's bed: lecto teneri
    
  • to rise from one's bed, get up: e lecto or e cubīli surgere
    
• lectus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• lectus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lectus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin