Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lectisternium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lec-tis-tern-i-um
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient "feast of the gods", at which images of the gods were set on couches around a feast table.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lectisternium.

Inflected Forms

lectisterniums (plural) lectisternia (plural)

Questions

What does lectisternium mean?: An ancient "feast of the gods", at which images of the gods were set on couches around a feast table.
Where does lectisternium come from?: Borrowed from Latin lectisternium.

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