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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (5 entries · 6 senses)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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ēlēcta | que: perf part pass fem nom/voc sg · perf part pass neut nom/voc/acc pl

ēlēctā | que: perf part pass fem abl sg

• ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.: coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14: uvam ad edendum (with legere), id. ib. 1, 54, 2: herbas, to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf. trop., Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84: ex malis minima, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5: a multis commodissimum quodque, id. Inv. 2, 2, 5: ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis, id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.—Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama; aliquando et elegit, Tac. Agr. 9 fin.—Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.
  1. I. In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent: par columbarum, Petr. 85, 6: viri electissimi civitatis, Cic. Quint. 2: pugiles, Suet. Calig. 18: quisque, id. ib. 49: electissima verba, Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.: electius verbum, id. ib.; scripta, Cat. 36, 6: res, Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.—Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.—Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—
  2. II. In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.
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ēlectā | que: pres imperat act 2nd sg

• ēlecto, āre, v. freq. a. [elicio], to get out artfully, worm out a secret (a Plautin. word), Plaut. As. 2, 2, 29; id. Merc. 1, 2, 111; cf.: electabo, eliciam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 6.
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ēlēctā | que: pres imperat act 2nd sg

• ēlecto, āre, v. freq. a. [eligo], to choose, select: legionem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 27.
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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ēlēcta | que: perf part pass fem nom/voc sg · perf part pass neut nom/voc/acc pl

ēlēctā | que: perf part pass fem abl sg

• ēlĭgō, ēgī, ēctum, ĕre (e, lego), tr.,
1. arracher en cueillant, enlever, ôter : Varro R. 3, 9, 14 ; Cic. Tusc. 3, 33 ; Col. Rust. 4, 5
2. choisir, trier, élire : ex malis minima Cic. Off. 3, 3, de plusieurs maux choisir le moindre ; [avec de] Phil. 10, 5 ; a multis commodissimum quidque Cic. Inv. 2, 5, emprunter à plusieurs ce qu'il y a de meilleur || [abst] faire un choix heureux : Tac. Agr. 9 ; v. electus.