The corpus record — Latin

lectulus

lectulus · m

a cosey couch, a bed

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Where it lives

Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
Metamorphoses 11 · 2.06/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Adelphi 2 · 2.02/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Gordiani Tres 1 · 1.8/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
De Monogamia 1 · 1.43/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lectŭlus — Lewis & Short

lectŭlus, i, m.dim.id.,

I a cosey couch, a bed.

I In gen.: qui sese illa ipsa nocte me in meo lectulo interfecturos pollicerentur, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: philosophi in suis lectulis plerumque moriuntur, id. Fin. 2, 30, 97: a ducenda uxore sic abhorret, ut quicquam libero lectulo neget esse jucundius, single, id. Att. 14, 13: testis mihi lectulus, Juv. 9, 77.—

II In partic.

A A small couch for reclining on at meals, an eatingcouch: statuite hic lectulos, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 6: lectuli Puniciani, Cic. Mur. 36, 75.—

B A funeral-bed, bed of state, Tac. A. 16, 11.—

C A reading-couch, lounge, settee, sofa, Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38.—

D A bridal-bed, Mart. 10, 38, 7; in full, lectulus matrimonialis, Quint. Decl. 1, 13.

In the wild

lectulo Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 117.8
lectulo Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.27
lectulo Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.35
lectulo Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 22.14
lectulos Cicero, Pro L. Murena 75
lectulo Celsus, De Medicina 8.22

6 of 90 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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