I.a couch, bed.
I. In gen.: “meum quidem te lectum certe occupare non sinam,” Plaut. Truc. 5, 71: “dapsilis,” id. ib. 1, 1, 34: “standumst in lecto,” id. Men. 1, 1, 26: “lecti loris subtenti,” Cato, R. R. 10: “in lecto esse,” Cic. Fam. 9, 23; id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: “lecto teneri,” to be confined to one's bed, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 16: “surgere lecto,” Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 31: “descendere lecto,” Tib. 1, 2, 19 (al. derepere): “lectus Proculā minor,” too short for, Juv. 3, 203: “pedes lecti, in quo cubat Dialis, luto tenui circumlitos esse oportet,” Gell. 10, 15, 14 sqq.—Plur.: “lectos eburatos, auratos (advexit),” Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53.—
II. In partic.
A. A bridal bed: lectus genialis, the nuptial-bed, which, after the marriage, was called adversus (because it stood opposite the door): “genialis,” Cic. Clu. 5 fin.: “adversus,” Prop. 4 (5), 11, 85. “jugalis,” Verg. A. 4, 496: “aucupor in lecto mendaces caelibe somnos,” Ov. H. 13, 107.—
B. A couch for reclining on at meals, a dining- or eating-couch, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: “lecto recumbere,” Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1: “in imo lecto residere,” Suet. Aug. 64.—
C. A couch or settee on which it was customary to read or write, a reading-couch, Sen. Ep. 72, 2.—
