selecti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →selego, selegere, selegi, selectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
select, choose, pick out; weed out;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...bene conducti vendunt periuria testes, non bene selecti iudicis arca patet. turpe reos empta miseros defendere lingua; quod..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...habes auctorem, quo facias hoc' unum ex iudicibus selectis obiciebat, sive vetabat, 'an hoc inhonestum et inutile factu..."