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elector

elector · m

a chooser

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Where it lives

De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Adversus Marcionem 3 · 0.36/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

1. ēlector — Lewis & Short

ēlector, ōris, m.id.,

I a chooser, selecter, Auct. Her. 4, 4, 7.

2. ēlector — Lewis & Short

ēlector, ŏris, m., = h)le/ktwr,

I the shining sun, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 31; Isid. Orig. 16, 24, 1.

In the wild

electorum Tertullian, De Carne Christi 19
electorum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.3
electorum Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.14.p3
electorum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.36
electorum Tacitus, de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 13.4
electorum Tertullian, De Scorpiace 11

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. éléctor (scan pp. 373-374; entry #5901).

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