The corpus record — Latin

electio

electio · f

a choice

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Where it lives

De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 3 · 3.61/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 2 · 2.15/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 4 · 0.91/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ēlectĭo — Lewis & Short

ēlectĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a choice, selection, * Cic. Or. 20, 68; Quint. 1, 12, 4; Prooem. § 2; 3, 4, 8; Vell. 2, 72 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 22; id. Or. 23 al.: vitiatarum electiones, i. e. the option given to a violated maiden, whether her ravisher shall be put to death or shall marry her, Tac. Or. 35.—Esp. of the election of believers to the divine favor (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Rom. 9, 11; id. 1 Thess. 1, 4.

In the wild

electionem Historia Augusta, Divus Aurelianus 40
electione Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.29.p1
electio Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.4.1
electionis Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 125.7
electione Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 6.3
electione Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.8.2

6 of 72 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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