lēctus

lēct-us lat.

Perfektes Passiv-Partizip von legō „heraussuchen, auswählen“, mit langem ē aus dem Lachmannschen Gesetz.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleːk.tus/, [ˈɫ̪eːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlek.tus/, [ˈlɛkt̪us]

Participle

lēctus (feminine lēcta, neuter lēctum, comparative lēctior, superlative lēctissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. chosen, picked, having been selected [ quotations ▼]
2. choice, excellent
3. read, having been read (silently)
4. recited, having been recited, having been read out loud

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēctus	lēcta	lēctum		lēctī	lēctae	lēcta
Genitive	lēctī	lēctae	lēctī		lēctōrum	lēctārum	lēctōrum
Dative	lēctō		lēctō		lēctīs
Accusative	lēctum	lēctam	lēctum		lēctōs	lēctās	lēcta
Ablative	lēctō	lēctā	lēctō		lēctīs
Vocative	lēcte	lēcta	lēctum		lēctī	lēctae	lēcta

Derived terms

• lēctē

Related terms

• legō