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littĕrātūra (lītĕr- ), ae, f. litterae.
I. A writing formed of letters: “litteratura constat ex notis litterarum et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,” Cic. Part. 7, 26.— *
B. Transf.: “Graeca,” the Greek alphabet, Tac. A. 11, 13.—
II. The science of language, grammar, philology: “grammatice, quam in Latinum transferentes litteraturam vocaverunt,” Quint. 2, 1, 4; cf. id. 2, 14, 3: “prima illa litteratura, per quam pueris elementa traduntur,” Sen. Ep. 88, 20.—
III. Learning, erudition: “saecularis,” Tert. Spect. 18.
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 (4):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 1.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 14.3
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 88.20
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