lectĭo — Lewis & Short
lectĭo, ōnis, f.lego.
I A gathering, collecting.
A In gen. (post-Aug. and rare):
lectio lapidum,Col. 2, 2, 12:
florum,Arn. 5, 173.—*
B In partic., a picking out, selecting:
judicum,Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16. —
II A reading, perusal; a reading out, reading aloud.
A Lit.
1 In gen.:
delectabatur lectione librorum,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
lectio sine ulla delectatione,id. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:
versuum,Quint. 1, 8, 2:
non cruda, sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,id. 10, 1, 19:
continua,id. 11, 2, 34; cf. id. 1, cap. 8 and 10, cap. 1 passim.—
2 In partic.: lectio senatūs, a reading off or calling over the names of the senators;
this was done by the censor, who at the same time struck the unworthy ones from the list: infamis atque invidiosa senatus lectio,Liv. 9, 29; 27, 11; Suet. Aug. 35.—
B Transf. (abstr. pro contr.), that which is read, reading, text (post-class.):
lectio tamen docet, eo tempore solitos, etc.,Macr. S. 7, 7, 5:
haec sunt quae lectio pontificalis habet,id. ib. 7, 13, 11 fin.:
juris lectiones,passages of the laws, Cod. Just. 6, 61, 5:
ubi lectio aliqua falsitate notata est,Isid. 1, 20, 3; so,
pervulgati juris,Amm. 30, 4, 18:
datā lectione quae non sit intellectu difficilis,Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 163: quia Moyses prius hoc statuit, sicut lectio manifestat, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 1 prooem.