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ἐκλογ-ή

ekloge · ἡ

choice, selection

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ἐκλογ-ή · eklog-ē — LSJ

choice, selection

choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων Pl. R. 414a, 536c; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. Lg. 802b; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] Arist. EN 1181a18; τῶν ἐναντίων Id. Metaph. 1004a2; ὀνομάτων Phld. Rh. 1.162 S., D.H. Comp. 1, etc.; ὀνόματος A.D. Synt. 71.10; κατʼ ἐκλογὴν ἀριστίνδην κεκριμένοι Plb. 6.10.9; ἐπὶ ἐγλογῇ γεωργεῖν PTeb. 5.166 (ii B.C.).

2 levying of troops

levying of troops, Plb. 5.63.11.

3 collection of tribute

collection of tribute, etc., κριθῶν Lex Attica ap. Ath. 6.235c; χρημάτων D.C. 42.6; σίτου Crates ap. Ath. 6.235b.

4 election

Theol., election, Ep.Rom. 9.11, etc.; σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς Act.Ap. 9.15.

5 balancing

balancing of accounts, PRyl. 157.6 (ii A.D.).

II extract, quotation from a book

extract, quotation from a book, Apollon. Cit. 3, Ath. 14.663c, Antig. Mir. 15.

2 choice collection, the Eclogae, ‘Elegant Extracts’, select prescriptions

choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or ‘Elegant Extracts’ of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of A., Gal. 14.343.

3 picked

διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων because they were picked men, Plb. 1.47.9, cf. Ph. 2.362.

4

ἐκλογήν· κάλαθον (Lacon.), Hsch.

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