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selectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of sēligō (choose out).

Participle

sēlēctus (feminine sēlēcta, neuter sēlēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. picked or chosen out, selected, culled, having been selected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • Catalan: selecte
  • French: sélect
  • Galician: selecto
  • Portuguese: seleto
  • Romanian: select
  • Spanish: selecto

References

  • selectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • selectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • selectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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