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dēlectus | dīlectus (noun M) : or (so often in best MSS., and adopted by Halm in Quint. and Cic., Weissenb. in Liv., Dietsch in Sall., and by Brambach, etc.; but Bait. and Kay. in Cic., Dinter and Nipperdey in Caes., delectus), , 1. deligo
* A choosing or picking out, a selecting; a selection, choice, distinction (freq. and class.).
* In gen.: utrimque tibi nunc dilectum para,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 157: mihi quidem etiam lautius videtur, quod eligitur, et ad quod delectus adhibetur,Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut, etc. (shortly before: cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio), id. ib. 1, 10, 33: in hoc verborum genere propriorum delectus est quidam habendus,id. de Or. 3, 37, 150; so, verborum, Caes. ap. Cic. Brut. 72, 253; Quint. 12, 9, 6; cf.: rerum verborumque agendus,id. 10, 3, 5: verbis delectum adhibere,Tac. Or. 22: cujus (εὐφωνίας) in eo dilectus est, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 4: judicum,Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: omnium rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; so with discrimen,id. Fin. 4, 25, 69: magnus hominum et dignitatum,id. Rep. 1, 34: dignitatis,id. Clu. 46; id. Off. 1, 14, 45: acceptorum beneficiorum sunt delectus habendi,id. ib. 1, 15, 49: non delectu aliquo aut sapientia ducitur ad judicandum,id. Planc. 4: sine ullo delectu, sine populi Rom. notione, sine judicio senatus,id. Agr. 2, 21 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 325; and on the contrary, cum delectu,making a selection,Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 18.
* Milit. t. t., a levy, a recruiting: per legatos delectum habere,Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, delectum habere, a standing phrase for recruiting, id. ib. 7, 1; id. B. C. 1, 2; 1, 6; Cic. Phil. 5, 12; Sall. C. 36, 3; Liv. 2, 28; Tac. A. 13, 35 al.; cf. the postAug. agere,Quint. 12, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Tac. H. 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 43 al.: conficere,Liv. 25, 5: quas (legiones) ex novo delectu confecerat,Caes. B. C. 1, 25: exercitus superbissimo delectu collectus,Cic. Prov. Cons. 2 fin.: provincialis,made in the province, provincial,id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.: in bella,Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.
* Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the men levied, a levy: e Britannico delectu octo milia sibi adjunxit,Tac. H. 2, 57.
* A choosing or picking out, a selecting; a selection, choice, distinction (freq. and class.).
* In gen.: utrimque tibi nunc dilectum para,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 157: mihi quidem etiam lautius videtur, quod eligitur, et ad quod delectus adhibetur,Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut, etc. (shortly before: cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio), id. ib. 1, 10, 33: in hoc verborum genere propriorum delectus est quidam habendus,id. de Or. 3, 37, 150; so, verborum, Caes. ap. Cic. Brut. 72, 253; Quint. 12, 9, 6; cf.: rerum verborumque agendus,id. 10, 3, 5: verbis delectum adhibere,Tac. Or. 22: cujus (εὐφωνίας) in eo dilectus est, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 4: judicum,Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: omnium rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; so with discrimen,id. Fin. 4, 25, 69: magnus hominum et dignitatum,id. Rep. 1, 34: dignitatis,id. Clu. 46; id. Off. 1, 14, 45: acceptorum beneficiorum sunt delectus habendi,id. ib. 1, 15, 49: non delectu aliquo aut sapientia ducitur ad judicandum,id. Planc. 4: sine ullo delectu, sine populi Rom. notione, sine judicio senatus,id. Agr. 2, 21 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 325; and on the contrary, cum delectu,making a selection,Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 18.
* Milit. t. t., a levy, a recruiting: per legatos delectum habere,Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, delectum habere, a standing phrase for recruiting, id. ib. 7, 1; id. B. C. 1, 2; 1, 6; Cic. Phil. 5, 12; Sall. C. 36, 3; Liv. 2, 28; Tac. A. 13, 35 al.; cf. the postAug. agere,Quint. 12, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Tac. H. 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 43 al.: conficere,Liv. 25, 5: quas (legiones) ex novo delectu confecerat,Caes. B. C. 1, 25: exercitus superbissimo delectu collectus,Cic. Prov. Cons. 2 fin.: provincialis,made in the province, provincial,id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.: in bella,Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.
* Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the men levied, a levy: e Britannico delectu octo milia sibi adjunxit,Tac. H. 2, 57.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
dēlectus, a, um, Part., from 1. deligo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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