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lectos

lectos 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 accusative plural masculine adjective.

Found 56 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 120: … rysogonus ducitur ut inter suos omnium deliciarum atque omnium artium puerulos ex tot elegantissimis familiis lectos velit hos versari, homines paene operarios, ex Amerina disciplina patris familiae rusticani.

Plautus, Stichus 2.2.377: Lectos eburatos, auratos.

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.