lectis

lectis is a Latin form of lego, meaning “read; gather, choose”.

It can also be a form of lectus, “bed, couch; (adj.) chosen”. It is the ablative plural masculine noun or perfect passive participle ablative plural neuter or perfect passive participle ablative plural feminine or perfect passive participle dative plural feminine.

Found 97 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In Catilinam 2.20: … is ac repentinis pecuniis sumptuosius insolentiusque iactarunt. hi dum aedificant tamquam beati, dum praediis lectis, familiis magnis, conviviis apparatis delectantur, in tantum aes alienum inciderunt ut, si salvi esse velint, …

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 10.26.1: Lectis tuis litteris, quibus declarabas aut omittendos Narbonensis aut cum periculo dimicandum, illud magis timui; q …

Plautus, Casina 3.5.664: ita ómnes sub árcis, sub léctis laténtes

All forms of lego (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.