read Copy link Outline I. By oneself, i. e. not aloud, a book or writing1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (and comp.)2. volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (because the ancient books were written on rolls, which were unrolled to be read)3. pervŏlūto, 1 (to peruse frequently and attentively)4. verso, 15. rĕgusto, 16. lectĭto, 1II. To read aloud (a book or writing before an audience)1. rĕcĭto, 12. also, lĕgo, 33. prōnuntio, 14. praeeo, īvi and ii, ĭtum, 4 (to r. or utter beforehand, i. e. dictate) • read: I. By oneself, i. e. not aloud, a book or writing: 1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (and comp.): I have r.d your letter, legi tuas litteras, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, init.: I both write and r. by myself, ipse mihi scriboque legoque, Ov. Trist. 4, 2, 93: that you might r. (the books) by yourself, ut (libros) per te ipse legeres, Cic. Top. 1, 2: I am read (i. e. my works are read) all over the world, in toto plurimus orbe legor, Ov. Trist. 4, 10, 128: to r. in Greek, Graece legere, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155: to r. attentively, studiose impenseque legere, Plin. Ep. 9, 13: to r. at sight, ab oculo legere, Petron. 75 to r. again, relegere, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2: to r. over, translegere (rare), Plaut. As. 4, 1, 5: to r. through, perlegere, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: a book read through, perlectus liber, Quint. 10, 1: to r. with any one, cum aliquo legere, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47: he will give you the will to r., tradet testamentum legendum, Hor. Sat. 2, 5, 51: to r. an author, such as Cato, etc., Catonem, Horatium, etc., l., Cic. Att. 13, 4 (Horace is) worthy of being read, dignus legi, Quint. 10. 1, 96. N.B. in Cic. this would be qui legatur. 2. volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (because the ancient books were written on rolls, which were unrolled to be read): to r. a book, librum v., Cic. Brut. 87, 298. More freq., evolvo, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: Quint.: Hor. 3. pervŏlūto, 1 (to peruse frequently and attentively): libros, id. Att. 5, 12: scriptores, id. de Or. 1, 34, 158. 4. verso, 1: r. the great Greek writers by day and by night, exemplaria Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna, Hor. A. P. 268. 5. rĕgusto, 1: r. again with pleasure: Cic. Att. 13, 18. 6. lectĭto, 1: r. often, Cic. Att. 12, 18: Plin. Ep. 2, 17 (init.). Phr.: to r. with, i. e. attend a tutor's lectures, aliquem audire, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1: id. de Or. 3, 18, 87: the tutor is said, legere et praelegere: see below (II.): the speech may be r. by every one, est in manibus oratio, Cic. Am. 25, 76: I r. the mind of Clodius, Clodii animum perspectum habeo, Cic. ad Brut. 1: to r. the stars, astra cognoscere, Cic. Div. 1, 41, 91; *callere astra: able to r. the stars, astrorum peritus, Juv. 6, 586: I cannot r. the stars, motus astrorum ignoro, Juv. 3, 43. II. To read aloud (a book or writing before an audience): 1. rĕcĭto, 1: cf. Hor. Sat. 1, 4, 23, where private perusal (legere) is opp. to public reading of an author's works (recitare): so, he r.s aloud after r.ing privately, epistolam perlectam recitat, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: to r. an answer (or speech) from a manuscript, responsum (or orationem) ex scripto r., Liv. 23, 11. 2. also, lĕgo, 3: to call together his pupils and read a volume, convocatis auditoribus legere volumen, Cic. Brut. 51, 191 Gell. 18, 5: to r. well, commode l., Plin. Ep. 5, 19, and 34: badly, male, pessime, ib. More precisely praelĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (to read to another, esp. a pupil, usu. with critical remarks): auctores, Quint. 1, 5, 11: Virgilium et alios poetas, Suet. Gramm. 16. 3. prōnuntio, 1: Cic. Att. 13, 6: to r. in a sweet and natural tone, p. dulci et proprio oris sono, Suet. Aug. 84. 4. praeeo, īvi and ii, ĭtum, 4 (to r. or utter beforehand, i. e. dictate): verba p., Liv. 8. 9. Phr.: to r. off a written speech, sermonem scriptum et e libello habere, Suet. Aug. 84: to teach to r., instituere literis or ad lectionem, Quint. 1, 1, 15: and 1, 7, 17: to learn to r., discere elementa prima, Hor. Sat. 1, 1, 26.