Definition of Lectica. Meaning of Lectica. Synonyms of Lectica

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Definition of Lectica

Lectica
Lectica Lec*ti"ca, n.; pl. Lectic[ae]. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of litter or portable couch.

Meaning of Lectica from wikipedia

- the Book of Exodus resembles a litter. In Ancient Rome, a litter called lectica or "sella" often carried members of the imperial family, as well as other...
- carried. It appears to have resembled the lectica; and the only difference apparently was, that the lectica was carried on the shoulders of slaves, and...
- from the temple of Juno Moneta on the Arx to the Capitoline temple in a lectica portantine, stopped and placed the image between the cella of Jupiter and...
- was beginning' cōnfectō itinere **** ad aliquod oppidum vēnerat, eādem lectīcā ūsque in cubiculum dēferēbātur (Cicero) 'at the end of the journey, whenever...
- was beginning' cōnfectō itinere **** ad aliquod oppidum vēnerat, eādem lectīcā ūsque in cubiculum dēferēbātur (Cicero) 'at the end of the journey, whenever...