litter (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The vehicleII. Of straw, etc.III. Of young • litter (subs.): I. The vehicle: lectīca: to ride in a l., lectica ferri, Cic. Verr. 5, 11, init.; portari, id. Ph. 2, 24, init. (de muliere); vehi, Juv. Dimin. lecticula: he was borne on a l. into the Senate-house, lecticula in curiam delatus est, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 55 (appy. = lectica) Liv. II. Of straw, etc.: strāmentum, esp. pl.: v. Gesn. Lex. Rust. s. v. Fig.: there was a l. of papers on the ground, *humi passim chartae confuse jacebant. III. Of young: fētus, ūs: to bring forth six kids at a l., sex haedos uno f. edere, Cic.: to have many young at a l., multiplices f. procreare, id. N. D. 2, 51, 128: (a sow) with a l. of 30, triginta capitum fetus enixa, Virg. Aen. 8, 44.