eligo

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ legō (“choose, select, appoint”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ēligō (present infinitive ēligere, perfect active ēlēgī, supine ēlēctum); third conjugation

  1. to choose, to pluck or root out, extract
  2. (figuratively, of persons or things) to pick out, choose, elect
    Synonyms: adoptō, optō, dēstinō, dēligō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, legō, sūmō, capiō, creō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ēligō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ēligō ēligis ēligit ēligimus ēligitis ēligunt
imperfect ēligēbam ēligēbās ēligēbat ēligēbāmus ēligēbātis ēligēbant
future ēligam ēligēs ēliget ēligēmus ēligētis ēligent
perfect ēlēgī ēlēgistī ēlēgit ēlēgimus ēlēgistis ēlēgērunt,
ēlēgēre
pluperfect ēlēgeram ēlēgerās ēlēgerat ēlēgerāmus ēlēgerātis ēlēgerant
future perfect ēlēgerō ēlēgeris ēlēgerit ēlēgerimus ēlēgeritis ēlēgerint
passive present ēligor ēligeris,
ēligere 		ēligitur ēligimur ēligiminī ēliguntur
imperfect ēligēbar ēligēbāris,
ēligēbāre 		ēligēbātur ēligēbāmur ēligēbāminī ēligēbantur
future ēligar ēligēris,
ēligēre 		ēligētur ēligēmur ēligēminī ēligentur
perfect ēlēctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ēlēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ēlēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ēligam ēligās ēligat ēligāmus ēligātis ēligant
imperfect ēligerem ēligerēs ēligeret ēligerēmus ēligerētis ēligerent
perfect ēlēgerim ēlēgerīs ēlēgerit ēlēgerīmus ēlēgerītis ēlēgerint
pluperfect ēlēgissem ēlēgissēs ēlēgisset ēlēgissēmus ēlēgissētis ēlēgissent
passive present ēligar ēligāris,
ēligāre 		ēligātur ēligāmur ēligāminī ēligantur
imperfect ēligerer ēligerēris,
ēligerēre 		ēligerētur ēligerēmur ēligerēminī ēligerentur
perfect ēlēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ēlēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ēlige — — ēligite —
future — ēligitō ēligitō — ēligitōte ēliguntō
passive present — ēligere — — ēligiminī —
future — ēligitor ēligitor — — ēliguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ēligere ēlēgisse ēlēctūrum esse ēligī ēlēctum esse ēlēctum īrī
participles ēligēns — ēlēctūrus — ēlēctus ēligendus,
ēligundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ēligendī ēligendō ēligendum ēligendō ēlēctum ēlēctū

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References

Further reading

  • “eligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “eligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    • to elect to the senate: in senatum legere, eligere
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