reading (subs.) Copy link Outline I. To oneself, i. e. not aloud1. lectio; or by part. of verb2. ēvŏlūtio, or by part. of verbII. Reading aloud1. lectio2. praelectio (a lecture)3. rĕcĭtātio (reading of documents in court or any public place; also, of lit. works to an audience)III. An interpretation of a passageIV. In criticism., the way in which a word or passage is readV. Readings, i. e. lessons in church • reading (subs.): I. To oneself, i. e. not aloud: 1. lectio; or by part. of verb: r. of books, lectio librorum, Cic. Acad. 2, 2, 4: r. of letters, lectio or pellectio, i. e. r. through, id. Att. 1, 13: without r., i. e. reference to books, citra lectionis exemplum, Quint. 10, 1, 2: (part.) to while away the journey in r., iter et navigationem in rebus gestis legendis consumere, Cic. Acad. 4, 1, 2: the love of r., legendi studium, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2: after r. which ..., quibus lectis, id. de Or. 1, 34, 154: after r. Cato, Catone lecto, id. Att. 13, 46: power of r. and writing, facultas legendi scribendique, Quint. 1., 4, 1. Dimin. lectiunculae, light reading: to spend the mornings in ..., matutina tempora lectiunculis consumere, Cic. Fam. 7, 1. Phr.: fond of r., *legendi cupidus, studiosus: very fond of r., *legendi avidus: to be ..., *cupiditate legendi flagrare. 2. ēvŏlūtio, or by part. of verb: the r. of the poets, evolutio poëtarum, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25: to spend one's time in r. the poets, tempus in poëtis evolvendis consumere, id. ib. 1, 21., 72. Phr.: I wish to vary my r., modo hunc librum evolvere volo, modo illum, Sen. Ep. 2, 3. II. Reading aloud: 1. lectio: Nep. Att. 14: careful r., emendata lectio, Quint. 1, 4, 3. 2. praelectio (a lecture): id. 1, 2., 15. 3. rĕcĭtātio (reading of documents in court or any public place; also, of lit. works to an audience): Cic. Clu. 51, 141: Suet.: Tac. III. An interpretation of a passage: lectio: far-fetched r.s or passages, lectiones reconditae, Amm. 30, 4: various r.s or passages of law, diversae juris lectiones, Cod. 6, 61, 5: varied and far-fetched r.s, i. e. scarce books, variae et remotae lectiones., Gell. 14, 6. IV. In criticism., the way in which a word or passage is read: *lectio or *scriptura: a various or different r., *lectio varia: lectionis varietas: scriptura discrepans: scripturae discrepantia: the usual or received r., *lectio, scriptura vulgata: the true or genuine r., *lectio, scriptura vera, germana, genuina: to depart from the usual or received r., *a vulgata lectione, scriptura recedere: to reject a r., scripturam, lectionem rejicere, repudiare: to receive or admit a r., *lectionem, scripturam recipere, reddere: to establish or fix the true r., *veram lectionem constituere: a corrupt r., *lectio, scriptura depravata, mendosa: corruptela: mendum. Phr.: an erroneous r. (i. e. a blunder of the copyist), librarii mendum, Liv. 38, 55: mendum scripturae, Cic. Fam. 6, 7: the r. in Latin MSS. is ..., in Latinis codicibus scriptum est, Hieron. in Eph. i. 1, vol. 7, p. 552: the r. of some gospels is, in quibusdam evangeliis legitur, id. in Matth. 2, 11, vol. 7, p. 72: the r. of the Vulgate is, Vulgata habet editio, ib. c. 13, p. 95: the r. of the Greek is, in Graeco sentitur, id. Ep. 106, vol. i. p. 654: in Septuaginta legitur, id. in Is. xiii. vol. 4, p. 565: a true and correct r., recte atque integre scriptum, Gell. 18, 9: a faulty r., mendosum, ib. V. Readings, i. e. lessons in church: lectiones: Tertull. Apol. 22: Aug. Serm. 176, c. 1, vol. 5, p. 950.
READING Copy link • READINGThe act or subjects of reading, lectio librorum; lectio: legendi usus (practice of reading): libri quos lego; libri legendi: lectae litterae (books which one reads). To take pleasure in reading, litteris delectari: librorum lectione delectari mirifice: to give one’s time to the reading of the poets, tempus in poetis evolvendis consumere: to spend one’s mornings in reading, matutina tempora lectiunculis consumere: to amuse one’s self with light reading, remissius et dulcius aliquid legere: to be a man of extensive reading, multa legisse et pervolutasse (to have read much): multa lectione mentem formasse, multis litteris doctum esse (to have formed one’s mind by much reading). A lecture, praelectio. [Vid: LECTURE.] Words of a passage, *lectio: *scriptura (the former the more perspicuous word, since scriptura may also = “manner of writing”): a different reading, *lectio varia; *lectionis varietas; *scripturae discrepantia (☞ but not lectio diversa, lectionis diversitas): the common reading, *lectio vulgata: to depart from the common reading, *a lectione vulgata recedere: various readings (of a passage) in a manuscript, *librorum varietas: the true or genuine reading is, *vera Ciceronis (Horatii, etc.) manus haec est: a corrupt reading, “lectio vana; *scriptura librarii manu depravata; *scriptura mendosa; *corruptela; *mendum: to adopt a reading, *lectionem recipere, reddere (☞ but not adoptare): to reject a reading, *lectionem rejicere. Also, sometimes, by circumlocution with legere; as, the reading of most codices is, *in codicibus plerisque legitur.