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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέκτον (Lékton).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lectum n sg (genitive Lectī); second declension
- A promontory in Troas, modern Turkey, opposite to the island of Lesbos
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
References
- “Lectum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly