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selectio

selectio · f

a choosing out

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Where it lives

de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 9 · 1.8/10k

What it meant

sēlectĭo — Lewis & Short

sēlectĭo, ōnis, f.seligo,

I a choosing out, choice, selection (Ciceron.): cum virtutis hoc proprium sit, earum rerum, quae secundum naturam sint, habere delectum: qui omnia sic exaequaverunt, ut in utramque partem ita paria redderent, uti nullā selectione uterentur, virtutem ipsam sustulerunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 12; cf.: virtutem rerum selectione exspoliare, id. ib. 2, 13, 43; 3, 6, 20: vitiorum, id. Leg. 3, 10, 23.

In the wild

selectione Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 4.46
selectione Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3.12.p2
selectione Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.43.p1
selectione Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3.20
selectio Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3.20
selectio Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3.31.p1

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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