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Lewis Short
(verb) : dē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, 1. lego
* To choose out, to select (for syn. cf.: lego, coopto, designo, eligo, seligo).
* In gen. (freq. and class.): continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primores principes,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49: ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur,Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 3: quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat; deligetque optimum quemque,Cic. Rep. 1, 34: qui ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis,id. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.; so with ex, id. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. Mil. 8, 21; id. Rep. 1, 44; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 5, 11; Sall. J. 23, 2; Liv. 8, 33 et saep.; poet. with ab: delectos ordine ab omni centum oratores,Verg. A. 7, 152: Otho (Celsum) bello inter duces delegit,Tac. H. 1, 71: locum castris,Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 2, 17: hunc sibi locum domicilio,id. ib. 2, 29 fin. et saep.: re frumentaria comparata equitibusque delectis,id. ib. 4, 7; and so of soldiers,id. ib. 1, 48; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 1 al.: delecti Latio et Laurentibus agris,Verg. A. 11, 431: melimela ad lunam delecta,Hor. S. 2, 8, 32.—Poet.: altaque mortali deligere astra manu,Prop. 2, 32, 50 (3, 30, 50 M. dub.; al. deripere).
* In partic.
* Of fruits, to gather, pick off: oleam,Cato R. R. 144, 1: uvam,ib. 112, 2: fructum,Col. 5, 10, 10.
* With the accessory idea of removal to a distance, to choose out and send or take away (rare): amentem ex aedibus,Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 42: senes ac fessas aequore matres,Verg. A. 5, 717.
* To choose out, to select (for syn. cf.: lego, coopto, designo, eligo, seligo).
* In gen. (freq. and class.): continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primores principes,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49: ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur,Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 3: quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat; deligetque optimum quemque,Cic. Rep. 1, 34: qui ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis,id. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.; so with ex, id. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. Mil. 8, 21; id. Rep. 1, 44; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 5, 11; Sall. J. 23, 2; Liv. 8, 33 et saep.; poet. with ab: delectos ordine ab omni centum oratores,Verg. A. 7, 152: Otho (Celsum) bello inter duces delegit,Tac. H. 1, 71: locum castris,Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 2, 17: hunc sibi locum domicilio,id. ib. 2, 29 fin. et saep.: re frumentaria comparata equitibusque delectis,id. ib. 4, 7; and so of soldiers,id. ib. 1, 48; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 1 al.: delecti Latio et Laurentibus agris,Verg. A. 11, 431: melimela ad lunam delecta,Hor. S. 2, 8, 32.—Poet.: altaque mortali deligere astra manu,Prop. 2, 32, 50 (3, 30, 50 M. dub.; al. deripere).
* In partic.
* Of fruits, to gather, pick off: oleam,Cato R. R. 144, 1: uvam,ib. 112, 2: fructum,Col. 5, 10, 10.
* With the accessory idea of removal to a distance, to choose out and send or take away (rare): amentem ex aedibus,Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 42: senes ac fessas aequore matres,Verg. A. 5, 717.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : dē-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, (de in the sense of reduction in breadth; cf. devincire)
* To bind or tie together; to bind up, to bind fast (good prose): homini rostrum deliges,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13: brachium superimposito penicillo,Cels. 2, 10 fin.: vulnus,Quint. 2, 17, 9; 2, 21, 17; cf.: deligatus et plurimis medicamentis delibutus,id. 11, 3, 129: veretra,Suet. Tib. 62 et saep.: hominem proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri jubet,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 40: sarmentis circum cornua boum deligatis,Quint. 2, 17, 19: naviculam ad ripam,Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 3; so, naves ad ancoras,id. ib. 4, 29; and, naves ad terram,id. B. C. 3, 39: epistolam ad amentum,id. B. G. 5, 48, 5: ad patibulos deligantur, cruci defiguntur, Licinius ap. Non. 221, 11; cf.: aliquem ad palum,Liv. 2, 5; 8, 7: viros ac feminas ad stipitem,Suet. Ner. 29 al.: alterius collo ascopera deligata,id. ib. 45.
* To bind or tie together; to bind up, to bind fast (good prose): homini rostrum deliges,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13: brachium superimposito penicillo,Cels. 2, 10 fin.: vulnus,Quint. 2, 17, 9; 2, 21, 17; cf.: deligatus et plurimis medicamentis delibutus,id. 11, 3, 129: veretra,Suet. Tib. 62 et saep.: hominem proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri jubet,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 40: sarmentis circum cornua boum deligatis,Quint. 2, 17, 19: naviculam ad ripam,Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 3; so, naves ad ancoras,id. ib. 4, 29; and, naves ad terram,id. B. C. 3, 39: epistolam ad amentum,id. B. G. 5, 48, 5: ad patibulos deligantur, cruci defiguntur, Licinius ap. Non. 221, 11; cf.: aliquem ad palum,Liv. 2, 5; 8, 7: viros ac feminas ad stipitem,Suet. Ner. 29 al.: alterius collo ascopera deligata,id. ib. 45.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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