- dēligō
- dēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere
[de + 1 lego], to choose, pick out, select, elect, designate, single out : ad eas res conficiendas deligi, Cs.: quos Romae relinqueres: ex civitate fortissimum quemque: ex legionibus fabros, Cs.: delecti Latio, V.: melimela Ad lunam delecta, H.: ordine ab omni Centum oratores, V.: sibi domicilio locum, Cs.: alqm socium sibi imperi, L.: Vertumnum socium, O.— To pick out, separate, remove : senes ac fessas aequore matres, V.
* * *Ideligare, deligavi, deligatus V TRANSbind fast, tie (up), fasten; make fast by tying; bandage; tie (bandage)IIdeligere, delegi, delectus V TRANSpick/pluck off, cull; choose, select, levy (soldiers), enrol; conduct a levy
Latin-English dictionary. 2013.