ănălecta, ae, m., = ἀναλέκτης,
I he that collected the crumbs , etc., left after a meal , Mart. 7, 20; 14, 82.—
II Trop.: grammaticos habere analectas, that picked up words (said of parasites), Sen. Ep. 27.
·noun ·pl A collection of literary fragments. ...
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