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Interlingua
Noun
lecto (plural lectos)
- bed
Latin
Etymology 1
From legō (“I read, gather”) + -tō (frequentative suffix).
Verb
lēctō (present infinitive lēctāre, perfect active lēctāvī, supine lēctātum); first conjugation
- (rare) Synonym of lēctitō
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
lēctō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lēctus
Etymology 3
Noun
lectō
- dative/ablative singular of lectus
References
- “lecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Noun
lecto m (plural lectos)
- lect