lectuaria

Nominalization of etymology 2, an adjective based on lectus (“bed”). Attested in Caesarius of Arles.[1]

• lectāria, lectuālia
• lectuārium, lectārium n

lectuāria f (genitive lectuāriae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. bedding, blanket, quilt

First-declension noun.

• North Italian:
  • Lombard: /liˈt͡ʃera/, /leˈtera/
  • Romansch: /liˈt͡sera/, /liˈtera/
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: litera
    • Catalan: llitera
      • → Ibero-Romance: (in the sense of "vehicle for carrying someone")
        • Galician: liteira
        • Portuguese: liteira
        • Spanish: litera
  • Old French: litiere
    • French: litière
    • → Middle English: lytere, litere
      • English: litter
  • Occitan: lichièra, liechiera, leitiera
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: liteira ("bedding"; Cantigas de Santa Maria; possibly inherited?)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lĕctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 239

lectuāria

1. inflection of lectuārius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

lectuāriā

1. ablative feminine singular of lectuārius