See also:

• LITTER (through O. Fr. litere or litiere, mod. litiere from Med. Lat. lectaria, classical lectica, lectus, bed, couch)

LITTER (through O. Fr. litere or litiere, mod. litiere from Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. lectaria, classical lectica, lectus, See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed, See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch)  , a word used of a portable See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch, shut in by curtains and See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on poles by bearers, and of a See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of See also:

• STRAW

straw or other suitable substance for animals; hence applied to the number of See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young produced by an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal at one See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, and also to any disordered heap of See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste material, rubbish, &c . In See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece, See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic luxury after the Macedonian See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, the See also:

• LITTER (through O. Fr. litere or litiere, mod. litiere from Med. Lat. lectaria, classical lectica, lectus, bed, couch)

litter (gope.ov) was only used by invalids or by See also:

• WOMEN

women . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, when the lectica was introduced, probably about the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . (See also:

• GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius x . 3), used it only for travelling purposes . Like the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek or Asiatic litter, it had a roof of skin (pellis) and See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side curtains (vela, plagae) . See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal (iv . 2o) speaks of transparent sides (latis specularibus) . The slaves who See also:

• BORE

bore the litter on their shoulders (succollare) were termed lecticarii, and it was a sign of luxury and See also:

• WEALTH

wealth to employ six or even eight bearers . Under the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire the litter began to be used in the streets of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and .its use was restricted and granted as a See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege (See also:

• SUET (M. Eng. sewet, a diminutive of O. Fr. seu, suis, mod. suif, lard, from Lat. sebum, or sebum, tallow, grease, probably allied to sago, soap)

Suet . See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius) . The travelling lectica must be distinguished from the much earlier lectica funebris or feretrunz, the funeral bier on which the dead were carried to their See also:

• BURIAL

burial-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place .