Latin search results for: lectio

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. choosing
  2. lecture (Bee)
  3. narrative
  4. perusal
  5. reading (aloud)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. book of lessons for the Divine Office
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)