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
- T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...situm urbis undique aspiciens, quam non sine causa delectam esse regiam aduertit. sita est in tumulo uergente..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...invehi, suos perculsos cedere animadvertit, cohorti suae, quam delectam manum praesidii causa circa se habebat, dat signum..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...praevenire conatus consulis, occupare velut arcem eius, opprimere delectam iuventutem, quia Vestinus imminentes foro aedes decoraque servitia..."
