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lectīca, ae, f.

  1. I. Lit., a litter, sedan, used at first only on journeys, but afterwards also, for the sake of convenience, in the city: lecticā octophoro ferebatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: lecticae usum alicui adimere, Suet. Caes. 43: inditus lecticae, Tac. A. 3, 14: lecticae imponere aliquem, Petr. 28: lecticā gestare aliquem, Hor. S. 2, 3, 214: lecticae gestamine uti, Tac. A. 2, 2: in eadem illa lecticā qua ipse delatus eram, eum referre, etc., Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: lectica introferri, Liv. 43, 7: lectica formosis imposita calonibus, Sen. Ep. 110, 17: comparare homines ad lecticam, litterbearers, Cat. 10, 15: facit somnum clausā lectica fenestrā, Juv. 3, 242.
    Collect.: densissima centum Quadrantes lectica petit, a throng of litters, Juv. 1, 121.
  2. * II. Transf.: arboris, that part of a tree from which the branches spring, Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99.

* lectīcārĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [lecticarius], a chairman’s mistress, a comically formed term of reproach, Mart. 12, 58, 2.

lectīcārĭus, i, m. [lectica], a litterbearer, sedan-bearer, chairman, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: lecticarii cum asseribus in auxilium accucurrerunt, with their poles, Suet. Calig. 58: inter urbana ministeria continentur … et lecticarii, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 72.
The chairmen formed a guild or corporation: EX CORPORE LECTICARIORVM CAESARIS, Inscr. ap. Grut. 599, 11: DECVRIO LECTICARIORVM, ib. 600, 1; Inscr. Orell. 2871; 6323.

lectīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [lectica], a small litter or sedan.

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

lectĭo, ōnis, f. [lego].

  1. I. A gathering, collecting.
    1. A. In gen. (post-Aug. and rare): lectio lapidum, Col. 2, 2, 12: florum, Arn. 5, 173.
    2. * B. In partic., a picking out, selecting: judicum, Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16.
  2. II. A reading, perusal; a reading out, reading aloud.
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen.: delectabatur lectione librorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: lectio sine ulla delectatione, id. Tusc. 2, 3, 7: versuum, Quint. 1, 8, 2: non cruda, sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta, id. 10, 1, 19: continua, id. 11, 2, 34; cf. id. 1, cap. 8 and 10, cap. 1 passim.
      2. 2. In partic.: lectio senatūs, a reading off or calling over the names of the senators; this was done by the censor, who at the same time struck the unworthy ones from the list: infamis atque invidiosa senatus lectio, Liv. 9, 29; 27, 11; Suet. Aug. 35.
    2. B. Transf. (abstr. pro contr.), that which is read, reading, text (post-class.): lectio tamen docet, eo tempore solitos, etc., Macr. S. 7, 7, 5: haec sunt quae lectio pontificalis habet, id. ib. 7, 13, 11 fin.: juris lectiones, passages of the laws, Cod. Just. 6, 61, 5: ubi lectio aliqua falsitate notata est, Isid. 1, 20, 3; so, pervulgati juris, Amm. 30, 4, 18: datā lectione quae non sit intellectu difficilis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 163: quia Moyses prius hoc statuit, sicut lectio manifestat, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 1 prooem.

* lectisternĭātor, ōris, m. [lectisternium], one who arranged the couches and placed the cushions on them for reclining on at table: propera, abi intro; tu esto lectisterniator, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 29; cf.: lectis sternundis studuimus, id. Stich. 5, 3, 5.

lectisternĭum, ĭi, n. [2. lectus-sterno], a feast of the gods.

  1. I. Lit., an offering in which the images of the gods, lying on pillows, were placed in the streets, and food of all kinds set before them; these banquets were prepared by the Epulones, and consumed by them, Liv. 5, 13, 6; 7, 2, 27; 8, 25; 21, 62; 22, 1; 10 et saep.; cf.: lecti sternebantur in honorem deorum, unde hoc sacrum, vel potius sacrilegium nomen accepit, Aug. C. D. 3, 17, 2; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.
  2. II. Transf., in the Christian age, a feast held in memory of a deceased person, or at the consecration of a chapel dedicated to him, a feast of the dead, Sid. Ep. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.

lectĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [2. lego].

  1. I. To gather or collect eagerly or often (postclass.): conchulas et calculos in litore lectitasse, Val. Max. 8, 8, 1: flores, Arn. 5, 183.
  2. II. To read often, with eagerness, or with attention (class.): Pyrrhi te video libros lectitasse, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1: auctores quos nunc lectito, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: Platonem studiose, id. Brut. 31, 121: libros non legendos sed lectitandos, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 8: libros conquisitos lectitatosque, Tac. A. 14, 51: orationes, to read aloud, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 12.

* lectĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [lectio], a short or light reading: matutina tempora lectiunculis consumpseris, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1.