delectum

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Latin

Noun

delectum

accusative singular of delectus
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.1:
  delectum tota provincia habere instituit
  He determined to have a levy throughout the entire province

Verb

dēlēctum

accusative supine of dēligō

Participle

dēlēctum

inflection of dēlēctus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular

References

delectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Online Latin Dictionary Olivetti

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