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Latin
Etymology
From legō (“I read; gather”) + -tō + -itō (reduplicated frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
lēctitō (present infinitive lēctitāre, perfect active lēctitāvī, supine lēctitātum); first conjugation
- to 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.
- to 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.
Conjugation
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
- lectito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
- lectito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016