The corpus record — Latin

lecticula

lecticula · f

a small litter

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Where it lives

Atticus 1 · 2.83/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 1 · 0.71/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

lectīcŭla — Lewis & Short

lectīcŭla, ae, f.dim.lectica,

I a small litter or sedan.

I In gen.: lecticulā in curiam esse delatum, Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55: Scipio lecticulā in aciem illatus, Liv. 24, 42. —

B In partic.

1 A bier: elatus est in lecticula sine ulla pompa funebri, Nep. Att. 22, 2.—

2 A couch or settee, on which one lay while reading or writing: lucubratoria lecticula, Suet. Aug. 78.—

II Transf., of a hen's nest, App. M. 9, p. 232.

In the wild

lecticula Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.7.4
lecticulae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.33
lecticula Tacitus, Historiae 3.68
lecticula Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 p42
lecticula Cornelius Nepos, Atticus 22
lecticulam Suetonius, Divus Augustus 78.1

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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