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lector , ōris, m. 2. lego,
I.one who reads.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., a reader: “cum enim Brutus duos lectores excitasset, et alteri orationem legendam dedisset, etc.,” Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223: “nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, quam fortunae vicissitudines,” id. Fam. 5, 12, 4: “se lectori credere,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 214: “otiosus,” Quint. 4, 2, 4: adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae, Juv. 1, 13.—
B. In partic., a slave who read aloud to his master: “unum aliquem constituere lectorem,” Quint. 2, 5, 6: “lectorem inducere,” Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 2.—
II. Transf., an officer in the Christian Church: “itaque hodie diaconus, qui cras lector,” Tert. adv. Haeretic. 41; Sid. Ep. 4, 25.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.55
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 1.15
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.17.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 5.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.4
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