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- "Lecti non sunt in foro."
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If I recall, Pompeii had some helpful "pointers" pointing to the nearest, um, bed. ; )
Yes.
lection (n.) 1530s, "a reading," from Old French lection, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio) "a reading," noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')." Meaning "a sacred writing to be read in a church" is from c. 1600; sense of "a particular reading of a text from a certain copy or edition" is from 1650s. Related: Lectionary (adj.).
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I think what he means is that they come from different roots. Lection comes from Latin 'lectio', which is not related to bed 'lectus', as a noun. Some other comment in this section actually pointed out that 'lectus' (a bed) and 'lectus' (a participle) actually have different e-vowels, one being short the other long. So they're not really the same word.
It has some connection to the verb lego, which has 'lectus' as a participle.
A lection is a 'reading', which is more visible if you think of it as being a 'lecture'. Note that 'lectura' is a feminin Latin future participle of 'lego', so 'that which is going to be read'.
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Am I the only person to think this audio uses a completely different word to lecti? I've already reportedit, I'm just puzzled no one else had commented on it.
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why should "In the forum are no beds" be wrong? It is better English than "the beds are not in the market"