adjective
ēlectus
Meaning
- choice
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quem Deus ēlēgitēlēctus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 22
ā Deō dēlēctusēlēctus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 19
ēlectus, a, um, Part. and P. a.,
I. choice, excellent; v. eligo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ēlēctus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of eligo, picked, select, choice, excellent : sexaginta (milia armata), picked troops , Cs.: milites, Cs.: exercitūs, Ta.: electissima verba: scripta, Ct.— As subst m. : cum electo popularium, Ta.
(ēlēctus, ūs) m
eligo, a choice .—Only abl sing. : necis, O.