Noun: lectus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | lectus |
| Plural | lectī |
Genitive
| Singular | lectī |
| Plural | lectōrum |
Dative
| Singular | lectō |
| Plural | lectīs |
Accusative
| Singular | lectum |
| Plural | lectōs |
Ablative
| Singular | lectō |
| Plural | lectīs |
Vocative
| Singular | lecte |
| Plural | lectī |
Sample Sentences
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Puerī sub lectō sunt. (The boys are under the bed.)
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mēque statim […] lectō simul et somnō trādidī. (And immediately I gave myself simultaneously to both bed and sleep.) [c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.32]
Nouns inflected like lectus
priāpismus,
scāpus,
servus,
cuneolus,
sargus,
saccus,
scarus,
scinus,
scopus,
illēgitimus,
sorbus,
sophus,
somnus,
Hispānus,
soccus,
sirpus,
siclus,
icterus,
cunīculus,
xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lay”), exact morphology uncertain.
2. * Perhaps from Proto-Italic *lektos, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰtós.
3. * Alternatively from Proto-Italic *lektus (an u-stem), from Proto-Indo-European *légʰtus, with a later switch to an o-stem within Latin.
4. Cognate with Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos) and with Russian лежа́к (ležák) and лежа́нка (ležánka). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
λέχος'.
Verbs referencing "lectus"
English Nouns
lie, French Nouns
lit, English Nouns
low, Old English Nouns
log, Old English Nouns
leger, English Nouns
lecture, Italian Nouns
letto, Galician Nouns
leito, Old Portuguese Nouns
leito, Portuguese Nouns
leito, Catalan Nouns
llit, Spanish Nouns
litera, Old Spanish Nouns
lecho, Spanish Nouns
lecho, French Nouns
litière, Irish Nouns
leacht, Catalan Nouns
llitera, Asturian Nouns
llechu.
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