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eligo
ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], I to pick out , choose , elect (class.; esp. in the trop. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
ēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere
ex + 1 lego, to pluck out, root out : stirpes trunco everso eligendae sunt: herbas, Cu.—Fig., to root out : superstitionis stirpes.— To pick out, choose, elect, select, single out : iudices ex civitatibus: quemvis mediā turbā, H.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae, have a preference for , Ta.: a multis commodissimum quodque, from many authors : equos numero omni, V.: feras, Ta.: ad minima malorum eligenda: urbi condendae locum, L.: utrum velis factum esse necne: fictum Esse Iovem malis, an, etc., O.: haud semper errat fama, aliquando et elegit, i. e. makes a true selection , Ta.
ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], I to pick out , choose , elect (class.; esp. in the trop. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.