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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From dē- + legō.
Verb
dēligō (present infinitive dēligere, perfect active dēlēgī, supine dēlēctum); third conjugation
- to pick off, pluck off; to cull
- to choose or select
- Synonyms: legō, ēligō, optō, adoptō, dēsūmō, dēstinō, sēpōnō, sūmō, capiō, creō
- to enroll, levy
- Synonyms: indicō, cōnscrībō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From dē- + ligō.
Verb
dēligō (present infinitive dēligāre, perfect active dēligāvī, supine dēligātum); first conjugation
- to bind or tie together or up
- Synonyms: colligō, illigō, ligō, cōnserō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō
- Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
- to bandage
Conjugation
References
- “deligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to choose a career, profession: genus vitae (vivendi) or aetatis degendae deligere
- to bind to the stake: ad palum deligare (Liv. 2. 5)
- to choose suitable ground for an engagement: locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere
- to make fast boats to anchors: naves ad ancoras deligare (B. G. 4. 29)
- to ride at anchor: ad ancoras deligari
- deligo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016