election Copy link Outline I. The act of choosingII. Esp. the act of choosing to fill an office1. expr. by verb2. creātio3. suffrāgium, suffrāgia (strictly, the vote or votes given)4. praerŏgātīva (meton.; s rictly, the tribe that voted first)III. The elections as a transaction1. cŏmĭtia, ōrum (the meeting of the people at which persons were elected)2. expr. by ger. part.IV. In theol. sense, divine election • election: I. The act of choosing: ēlectio: v. choice. II. Esp. the act of choosing to fill an office: 1. expr. by verb: as, immediately after their e. they brought forward a bill, *statim creati rogationem promulgaverunt: to secure one's e. by (profuse) bribery, *per largitionem (consulem, etc.) fieri: v. to elect. 2. creātio: old law in Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10. 3. suffrāgium, suffrāgia (strictly, the vote or votes given): to proceed to the e., inire suffragium, Liv. 26, 18, ad fin.: to be appointed by e. (opp. to by lot), suffragiis creari, Cic. (v. to elect, I. 3): if the people had the right of free e., libera si dentur populo suffragia, Juv. 4. praerŏgātīva (meton.; s rictly, the tribe that voted first): an e. on the part of the soldiery, pr. militaris, Liv. 21, 3. III. The elections as a transaction: 1. cŏmĭtia, ōrum (the meeting of the people at which persons were elected): to hold or preside at the e.s, comitia habere, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3: Liv.: you will be in time for my brother Quintus's e.s (i. e. at which he will be a candidate), obieris Q. fratris comitia, Cic. Att. 1, 4, 1: so mea, tua, sua, comitia, Cic.: consular e.s, c. consularia, Liv.: e.s for tribunes, c. tribunicia, Cic. 2. expr. by ger. part.: to hold the e.s for consuls, *ad consules creandos, subrogandos (the latter in case of a premature vacancy): v. to elect. IV. In theol. sense, divine election: ēlectio (aeterna), Hier.: Calv.
ELECTION Copy link • ELECTIONChoice, electio (act ofchoosing): optio (liberty of choice): arbitrium (free will): eligendi optio; also optio et potestas; potestas optioque. Anybody may make his election to do this, etc., liberum est alicui aliquid facere (i. e., rather than something else, Cic.; and also in Inst. Just., etc., for the power of an heir, legatee, etc., to accept or refuse the heirship, legacy, etc.). To allow anybody to make his election, alicui optionem dare, or facere, or deferre (all Cic., not ferre: electionem dare, perhaps only in Velleius, 2, 72, 5) [Vid: CHOICE]; potestatem optionemque facere alicui, ut eligat (Cic.); facere alicui arbitrium in eligendo. Election to an office, creatio. In Latin often comitia, plur. (i. e., the assembly at which a person is elected; e.g., tuis comitiis): of a member of Parliament, *creatio senatoris Britinnici. Day of election, dies comitialis: the day of your election, comitia tua.