Léctulus, léctuli, pen. cor. m. g. Diminutiuum. Cic.A little bed.Libero lectulo negat esse quicquam iucundíus.Cic.He sayth there is nothing more pleasant than to lye alone free from a wife.Castus lectulus. Catul. Membra lectulo iacebant. Catul. Lectisterniâtor pen. prod. lectisterniatôris, m. g. Plaut.A chamberlaine, or be that maketh beddes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lectŭlus, i, m.dim. [id.], 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,
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, 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.