choice (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Well-chosen, superior in quality1. lectus2. ēlectus3. exquīsītus (searched for with care)4. conquīsītus (of things brought together)II. Selecting with care; Phr. • choice (adj.): I. Well-chosen, superior in quality: 1. lectus: Pl.: c. words, l. verba, Cic. 2. ēlectus: c. words, e. verba, Cic.: the choicest men of the state, viri electissimi civitatis, Cic. 3. exquīsītus (searched for with care): c. viands, e. epulae, Plin.: v. exquisite, far-fetched. 4. conquīsītus (of things brought together): the tables were heaped with the choicest viands, mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur, Cic.: Quint.: v. excellent. II. Selecting with care; Phr.: he is very c. in his company, homo est paucorum hominum, Ter.: Hor.: c. and careful in the setting of his words, in verbis tenuis cautusque serendis, Hor. A. P. 46: v. careful.