delectam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delectus, delecta, delectum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
picked, chosen, select; (for attaining high standard);
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →deligo, deligere, delegi, delectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pick/pluck off, cull; choose, select, levy (soldiers), enroll; conduct a levy;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...situm urbis undique aspiciens, quam non sine causa delectam esse regiam aduertit. sita est in tumulo uergente..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...invehi, suos perculsos cedere animadvertit, cohorti suae, quam delectam manum praesidii causa circa se habebat, dat signum..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...praevenire conatus consulis, occupare velut arcem eius, opprimere delectam iuventutem, quia Vestinus imminentes foro aedes decoraque servitia..."
