selectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out”).

Participle

sēlēctus (feminine sēlēcta, neuter sēlēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. picked or chosen out, selected, culled, having been selected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēlēctus sēlēcta sēlēctum sēlēctī sēlēctae sēlēcta
Genitive sēlēctī sēlēctae sēlēctī sēlēctōrum sēlēctārum sēlēctōrum
Dative sēlēctō sēlēctō sēlēctīs
Accusative sēlēctum sēlēctam sēlēctum sēlēctōs sēlēctās sēlēcta
Ablative sēlēctō sēlēctā sēlēctō sēlēctīs
Vocative sēlēcte sēlēcta sēlēctum sēlēctī sēlēctae sēlēcta

Descendants

  • Catalan: selecte
  • French: sélect
  • Galician: selecto
  • → Portuguese: seleto
  • → Romanian: select
  • Spanish: selecto

References

  • “selectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “selectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • selectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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