delectorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delector, delectoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Military
one who draws out/selects/levies/recruits;
gen. pl. - Entry →delectus, delecta, delectum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
picked, chosen, select; (for attaining high standard);
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - 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;
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →delectus, delecti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
picked men (pl.), advisory staff; the pick (of w/GEN); the elite;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...esset illaturus. Adflictas opes equestri proelio Bellovacorum esse; delectorum peditum multa milia interisse, vix refugisse nuntios caedis. Tamen..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quodque inter eas muri erat, , duo milia militum delectorum admouit, eodem tempore, quo ipse transcendere ruinas conaretur, concursu..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Ualerium Flaccum consularis legatos cum binis milibus delectorum peditum ad castella Aetolorum, Flaccum in Rhoduntiam et Tichiunta, Catonem..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...oppugnatio erat ni T. Quinctius cum quattuor milibus delectorum militum superuenisset. is cum supercilio haud procul distantis tumuli..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanum. facturum se quae uellent pollicitus, duo milia delectorum militum nauibus longis mittit ad ostium fluminis cum praefecto..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cladis fuerat, simul quintadecimanos recens adductos et vexilla delectorum ex Illyrico et Aegypto, quodque alarum cohortiumque, et auxiliae..."
