noun · neutersecond declension
lectisternium
lectisternium n (genitive lectisterniī or lectisternī)
Classical[ɫɛk.tɪsˈtɛr.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[lek.tisˈtɛr.ni.um]
Meaning
- neuterlectisternium
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lectisternium | lectisternia |
| genitive | lectisterniī lectisternī | lectisterniōrum |
| dative | lectisterniō | lectisterniīs |
| accusative | lectisternium | lectisternia |
| ablative | lectisterniō | lectisterniīs |
| vocative | lectisternium | lectisternia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- lectisternium facere, habere (Liv. 22. 1. 18)
- to hold a lectisternium.
lectisternĭum, ĭi, n. 2. lectus-sterno,
I. a feast of the gods.
I. Lit., an offering in which the images of the gods, lying on pillows, were placed in the streets, and food of all kinds set before them;
these banquets were prepared by the Epulones, and consumed by them, Liv. 5, 13, 6; 7, 2, 27; 8, 25; 21, 62; 22, 1; 10 et saep.; cf.: lecti sternebantur in honorem deorum, unde hoc sacrum, vel potius sacrilegium nomen accepit, Aug. C. D. 3, 17, 2; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.—II. Transf., in the Christian age, a feast held in memory of a deceased person, or at the consecration of a chapel dedicated to him, a feast of the dead, Sid. Ep. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lectisternium ī, n
2 lectus+STER-, a feast of the gods (the images of the gods were set on couches, with food), L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Latin lectus Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *str̥néh₃ti Proto-Italic *stornō Latin sternō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin lectisternium From lectus (“couch”) + sternō (“to spread out”) + -ium.
In English words that came into English from lectisternium
- lectisterniumlectisternium