eligo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.li.ɡoː/, [ˈeːlʲɪɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.li.ɡo/, [ˈɛːliɡo]
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin:
- *exeligere
- *exligere (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “eligere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 213
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, 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)
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