eligo

eligo

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- (out of, from) + legō (to choose, select).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ēligō (present infinitive ēligere, perfect active ēlēgī, supine ēlēctum); third conjugation

    1. to choose, to pluck or root out, extract
    2. (figuratively, of persons or things) to pick out, choose, elect
      Synonyms: adoptō, optō, dēstinō, dēligō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, legō, sūmō, capiō, creō

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italo-Dalmatian:
      • >? Italian: eleggere
      • >? Venetan: elèzer
    • Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
    • Borrowings:

    References

    Further reading

    • 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
    • eligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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