cŏ-opto, āvi, ātum, 1 (
* Perf. subj. coop tassint, old formula in Liv. 3, 64, 10; contr. form copto, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 9; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 135), v. a.; publicists' t. t., to choose or elect to something, to admit or re ceive into some body by election, to elect to an office: senatores,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120: senatum,id. ib. 2, 2, 49, § 122; Liv. 23, 3, 5: tribunos plebis,id. 5, 10, 3 and 11; cf. id. 4, 16, 3: collegas,id. 3, 64, 9; cf.: collegam sibi,Suet. Aug. 27: magistrum equitum,Liv. 6, 38, 4: sacerdotes per collegia,Suet. Claud. 22: quem in amplissimum ordinem,Cic. Cael. 2, 5: in collegium (augurum),id. Brut. 1, 1; cf.: in locum auguratus,id. Phil. 13, 5, 12: in patricios,Suet. Tib. 1.

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