littĕrātūra

I. A writing formed of letters: litteratura constat ex notis litterarum et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae, Cic. Part. 7, 26.— *

B. Transf.: Graeca, Tac. A. 11, 13.—

II. The science of language, grammar, philology: grammatice, quam in Latinum transferentes litteraturam vocaverunt, Quint. 2, 1, 4; cf. id. 2, 14, 3: prima illa litteratura, per quam pueris elementa traduntur, Sen. Ep. 88, 20.—

III. Learning, erudition: saecularis, Tert. Spect. 18.