1. dēlectus — Lewis & Short
dēlectus, a, um,
Part., from 1. deligo.The corpus record — Latin
delectus
delectus
Part., from 1. deligo
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Where it lives
- Fescinnina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 18.25/10k
- Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 5 · 8.71/10k
- Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 4 · 5.26/10k
- Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 7 · 5.2/10k
- de Bello Gothico 2 · 4.96/10k
- Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
- Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
- Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 4 8 · 4.76/10k
- Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 3 9 · 4.46/10k
- De Vita Iulii Agricolae 3 · 4.45/10k
- De Bello Civili 14 · 4.33/10k
- Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 5 · 4.07/10k
Densest 12 of 100 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. dēlectus — Lewis & Short
dēlectus or dīlectus (so often in best MSS., and adopted by Halm in Quint. and Cic., Weissenb. in Liv., Dietsch in Sall., and by Brambach, etc.; but Bait. and Kay. in Cic., Dinter and Nipperdey in Caes., delectus), ūs, m.1. deligo,
I a choosing or picking out, a selecting; a selection, choice, distinction (freq. and class.).
I In gen.:
utrimque tibi nunc dilectum para,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 157:
mihi quidem etiam lautius videtur, quod eligitur, et ad quod delectus adhibetur,Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut, etc. (shortly before: cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio), id. ib. 1, 10, 33:
in hoc verborum genere propriorum delectus est quidam habendus,id. de Or. 3, 37, 150; so, verborum, Caes. ap. Cic. Brut. 72, 253; Quint. 12, 9, 6; cf.:
rerum verborumque agendus,id. 10, 3, 5:
verbis delectum adhibere,Tac. Or. 22: cujus (eu)fwni/as) in eo dilectus est, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 4:
judicum,Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13:
omnium rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50;
so with discrimen,id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:
magnus hominum et dignitatum,id. Rep. 1, 34:
dignitatis,id. Clu. 46; id. Off. 1, 14, 45:
acceptorum beneficiorum sunt delectus habendi,id. ib. 1, 15, 49:
non delectu aliquo aut sapientia ducitur ad judicandum,id. Planc. 4:
sine ullo delectu, sine populi Rom. notione, sine judicio senatus,id. Agr. 2, 21 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 325;
and on the contrary, cum delectu,making a selection, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 18.—
II Milit. t. t., a levy, a recruiting:
per legatos delectum habere,Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, delectum habere, a standing phrase for recruiting, id. ib. 7, 1; id. B. C. 1, 2; 1, 6; Cic. Phil. 5, 12; Sall. C. 36, 3; Liv. 2, 28; Tac. A. 13, 35 al.; cf.
the postAug. agere,Quint. 12, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Tac. H. 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 43 al.:
conficere,Liv. 25, 5:
quas (legiones) ex novo delectu confecerat,Caes. B. C. 1, 25:
exercitus superbissimo delectu collectus,Cic. Prov. Cons. 2 fin.:
provincialis,made in the province, provincial, id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.:
in bella,Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.—
B Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the men levied, a levy:
e Britannico delectu octo milia sibi adjunxit,Tac. H. 2, 57.
In the wild
- Dilectus Lucan, Pharsalia 5.473
- dilectu Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.3.9
- dilectu Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 p19
- dilectibus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.35.2.9
- dilectu Cicero, Pro P. Sulla 33
- dilectus Vergil, Aeneid 12.391
6 of 357 attestations shown.
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