lettigan.

Brit.

/lɛˈtiːɡə/, U.S.

/lɛˈtiɡə/

Forms: 1800s latiga, 1800s lettica, 1800s– lettiga.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian lettiga.

Etymology: < Italian lettiga (a1342) < classical Latin lectīca litter < lectus bed, couch (see lectisternium n.) + -īca, suffix forming nouns.In form lettica apparently influenced by the ulterior classical Latin etymon; although Italian forms with medial -c-, †lettica and †letica, are attested from the early 16th to the first half of the 18th cent., there is no evidence for currency of such forms in the 19th cent. or later. The Italian standard form is originally Northern (voicing of intervocalic voiceless plosives being an originally Northern phonological feature), but quickly spread southwards. N.E.D. (1902) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (lettī·ga) /letˈtiːɡa/.

Now historical.

In Sicily: a kind of sedan chair, carried by mules, in which two people sit facing one another.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > carried on horses or mules

horse-bierc900

horse-litter1388

lettiga1805

mule litter1855

1805 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 114 Wynn and Wadsworth were seated in a Lettiga, a kind of sedan chair that accommodates two persons who sit facing each other.

1811 J. Bowdler Select Pieces (1817) I. 54 Mr. Burgman had been so good to provide me with proper mules and a latiga for travelling.

1821 Earl of Aberdeen in Sir H. Gordon Life (1893) iii. 68 I must positively have you carried to the spot in a lettica.

1877 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 148/1 The whole street turned out to see the cavalcade, and especially the old-fashioned, gilded lettiga.

1900 H. B. Fuller Last Refuge iv. i. 119 Presently a train of coaches and lettigas came in sight at a bend in the road.

2002 P. Geoghegan R. Emmet (2003) ii. 33 Sarah and her husband toured around Sicily in a lettiga, a carriage on poles, which was driven by mules.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lettiga
释义	lettigan. Brit. /lɛˈtiːɡə/, U.S. /lɛˈtiɡə/ Forms: 1800s latiga, 1800s lettica, 1800s– lettiga. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian lettiga. Etymology: < Italian lettiga (a1342) < classical Latin lectīca litter < lectus bed, couch (see lectisternium n.) + -īca, suffix forming nouns.In form lettica apparently influenced by the ulterior classical Latin etymon; although Italian forms with medial -c-, †lettica and †letica, are attested from the early 16th to the first half of the 18th cent., there is no evidence for currency of such forms in the 19th cent. or later. The Italian standard form is originally Northern (voicing of intervocalic voiceless plosives being an originally Northern phonological feature), but quickly spread southwards. N.E.D. (1902) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (lettī·ga) /letˈtiːɡa/. Now historical. In Sicily: a kind of sedan chair, carried by mules, in which two people sit facing one another. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > carried on horses or mules horse-bierc900 horse-litter1388 lettiga1805 mule litter1855 1805 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 114 Wynn and Wadsworth were seated in a Lettiga, a kind of sedan chair that accommodates two persons who sit facing each other. 1811 J. Bowdler Select Pieces (1817) I. 54 Mr. Burgman had been so good to provide me with proper mules and a latiga for travelling. 1821 Earl of Aberdeen in Sir H. Gordon Life (1893) iii. 68 I must positively have you carried to the spot in a lettica. 1877 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 148/1 The whole street turned out to see the cavalcade, and especially the old-fashioned, gilded lettiga. 1900 H. B. Fuller Last Refuge iv. i. 119 Presently a train of coaches and lettigas came in sight at a bend in the road. 2002 P. Geoghegan R. Emmet (2003) ii. 33 Sarah and her husband toured around Sicily in a lettiga, a carriage on poles, which was driven by mules. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805
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