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English
Etymology
From Latin lectica.
Noun
lectica (plural lecticae)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) a kind of litter or portable couch
- any portable couch
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Latin
Etymology
From lectus.
Pronunciation
Noun
lectīca f (genitive lectīcae); first declension
- litter, sedan, palanquin.
- A portable sofa or couch.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “lectica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lectica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lectica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lectica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lectica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lectica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin