Latin

Participle

ēlēctus m ‎(feminine ēlēcta, neuter ēlēctum); first/second declension

1. extracted
2. chosen, elected
   1. (Manichaeism) electus, member of the highest class of believer in Manichaeism, who adhere to an ascetic, vegetarian way of life.
      • Aurelius Augustine, In psalmum 140, 12.

        Tales sunt electi, ut non sint salvandi a Deo, sed salvatores Dei.

        So great are the electi, that they are not to be saved by God, but saviours of God.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• English: elect, elite
• French: élit, élite
• Italian: eletto
• Portuguese: eleito
• Spanish: electo

References

• electus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• electus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ELECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “electus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• electus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray