The corpus record — Latin

lector

lector · m

one who reads

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Where it lives

Lysander 1 · 18.52/10k
Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Parentalia 2 · 7.7/10k
Ludus Septem Sapientum 1 · 7.58/10k
De Optimo Genere Oratorum 1 · 6.32/10k
Epaminondas 1 · 5.99/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 6 · 4.74/10k
Epigrammata 26 · 4.62/10k
Tristia 9 · 3.95/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 2 · 3.14/10k

Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lector — Lewis & Short

lector, ōris, m.2. lego,

I one who reads.

I Lit.

A In gen., a reader: cum enim Brutus duos lectores excitasset, et alteri orationem legendam dedisset, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223: nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam fortunae vicissitudines, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4: se lectori credere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 214: otiosus, Quint. 4, 2, 4: adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae, Juv. 1, 13.—

B In partic., a slave who read aloud to his master: unum aliquem constituere lectorem, Quint. 2, 5, 6: lectorem inducere, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 2.—

II Transf., an officer in the Christian Church: itaque hodie diaconus, qui cras lector, Tert. adv. Haeretic. 41; Sid. Ep. 4, 25.

In the wild

lectorem Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.6
lectorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 31.10.18
lector Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 127.5
lectore Martial, Epigrammata 10.59.5
lector Ovid, Ex Ponto 3.4.43
lectorem Martial, Epigrammata 6.85.2

6 of 135 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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