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eligo
eligo
Latin
Verb
ēligō (present infinitive ēligere, perfect active ēlēgī, supine ēlēctum); third conjugation
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References
- eligo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eligo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eligo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
- to elect to the senate: in senatum legere, eligere
- to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)