lectito
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From legō (“I read; gather”) + -tō + -itō (reduplicated frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈleːk.ti.toː/, [ˈɫ̪eːkt̪ɪt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlek.ti.to/, [ˈlɛkt̪it̪o]
Verb
[edit]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
[edit] Conjugation of lēctitō (first conjugation)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
- 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[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016