The corpus record — Latin

lectito

lectito · v. freq. a

To gather

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Divus Aurelianus 2 · 2.56/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Noctes Atticae 14 · 1.25/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Letters 6 · 0.93/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lectĭto — Lewis & Short

lectĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.2. lego.

I To gather or collect eagerly or often (postclass.): conchulas et calculos in litore lectitasse, Val. Max. 8, 8, 1: flores, Arn. 5, 183. —

II To read often, with eagerness, or with attention (class.): Pyrrhi te video libros lectitasse, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1: auctores quos nunc lectito, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: Platonem studiose, id. Brut. 31, 121: libros non legendos sed lectitandos, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 8: libros conquisitos lectitatosque, Tac. A. 14, 51: orationes, to read aloud, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 12.

In the wild

lectitandos Pliny the Younger, Letters 2.17.8
lectito Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.7.2
lectitando Cicero, De Republica 5.5
lectitasse Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.25.1
lectitarit Cicero, De Oratore 1.95
lectitandi Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.8.16

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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