lectica

See also: lectică

English

Etymology

From Latin lectica.

Noun

lectica (plural lecticae)

1. (historical, Roman antiquity) a kind of litter or portable couch
2. any portable couch

Translations

Roman portable couch

• Dutch: lectica f

any portable couch

• Dutch: draagstoel (nl) m, rosbaar f

Anagrams

• calcite

Latin

Etymology

From lectus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lekˈtiː.ka/, [ɫ̪ɛkˈt̪iːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lekˈti.ka/, [lekˈt̪iːkä]

Noun

lectīca f (genitive lectīcae); first declension

1. litter, sedan, palanquin.
2. A portable sofa or couch.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lectīca	lectīcae
Genitive	lectīcae	lectīcārum
Dative	lectīcae	lectīcīs
Accusative	lectīcam	lectīcās
Ablative	lectīcā	lectīcīs
Vocative	lectīca	lectīcae

Related terms

• lectīcārius
• lectīcula
• lectus

Descendants

• Italian: lettiga
• Romanian: lectică
• Spanish: lechiga

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