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LEM

lēctiō, lēctiōnis

1 LEG-

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a picking out, selecting
a reading, perusal, reading out, reading aloud
[in the phrase, lectio senatu_s] a revision of the roll of senators (by the censor)

Abbreviations

lēctiō ōnis, f 1 LEG-, a picking out, selecting: iudicum: Semproni (as princeps senatūs), L.

—A reading, perusal, reading out, reading aloud: librorum: sine ullā delectatione.

—In the phrase, lectio senatūs, a revision of the roll of senators (by the censor): invidiosa senatūs lectio, L.: lectionem senatūs tenere, delay, L.