noun · masculinefourth declension
dīlēctus
dīlēctus m (genitive dīlēctūs)
Meaning
- selection, choice, distinction
- levy, draft, conscription
Multis de causis Caesar maiorem Galliae motum expectans per Marcum Silanum, Gaium Antistium Reginum, Titum Sextium legatos dilectum habere instituit.
Caesar, expecting for many reasons a greater commotion in Gaul, resolves to hold a levy by the means of M. Silanus C. Antistius Reginus, and T. Sextius, his lieutenants.a. 46 B.C., Caesar, chapter 1, in De bello gallico, volume 6: - enlistment
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
multum amātusdīlēctus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 1
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīlēctus | dīlēctūs |
| genitive | dīlēctūs | dīlēctuum |
| dative | dīlēctuī | dīlēctibus |
| accusative | dīlēctum | dīlēctūs |
| ablative | dīlēctū | dīlēctibus |
| vocative | dīlēctus | dīlēctūs |
dīlectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from diligo.
dīlectus, ūs, v. delectus.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dīlēctus adj.
P. of diligo, loved, beloved, dear : Maecenas, H.: Superis, O.: sorori, V.
dīlēctus or dēlēctus ūs, m
dis- or dē + 1 LEG-, a choosing, picking out, selecting, selection, choice, distinction : ad quod delectus adhibetur: iudicum: dignitatis: non dilectu aliquo ducitur ad iudicandum: sine ullo delectu: coire nullo dilectu, indiscriminately , O. — A levy, recruiting, enrollment, conscription, draft (of soldiers, etc.): per legatos delectum habere, Cs.: delectu totā Italiā habito: quam acerrimus, L.: missus ad dilectūs agendos, Ta.: perditissimorum civium.
Origins
From dīligō (“to esteem, love, select”) + -tus (forming action nouns), literally “selection”.