lectica

See also: lectică

English

A lectica in use

Etymology

From Latin lectica (“litter”), from lectus (“bed, couch”) + -ica (“forming related nouns”), q.v.

Noun

lectica (plural lecticas or lecticae)

1. (historical) A kind of Roman litter, typically with bedding, curtains, and four legs.
2. (inexact) Synonym of litter, any similar vehicle.

Translations

Roman portable couch

• Dutch: lectica f
• Greek:
  • Ancient: κλίνη (klínē), κλινίδιον (klinídion), φορεῖον (phoreîon)
• Latin: lectica f

Anagrams

• calcite

Latin

Etymology

From lectus +‎ -īca.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lectīca f (genitive lectīcae); first declension

1. (historical) lectica, a kind of litter typically including bedding, curtains, and four legs
2. litter, any couch or bed carried by porters
3. stretcher, a litter used for transporting the ill or injured

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lectīca	lectīcae
genitive	lectīcae	lectīcārum
dative	lectīcae	lectīcīs
accusative	lectīcam	lectīcās
ablative	lectīcā	lectīcīs
vocative	lectīca	lectīcae

Synonyms

• (stretcher): grabatus

Hyponyms

• hexaphoron (lectica carried by 6 men); octophoron (lectica carried by 8 men)

Coordinate terms

• succollarus (person transported); lectīcārius (porter); anteambulo (forerunner); asser (pole); succollare (act of raising a lectica); sella (sedan chair); feretrum (funereal litter)

Derived terms

• lectica aperta
• lectica funebris
• lectīcārius
• lecticula

Descendants

• English: lectica
• 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