English → Latin
“select” in Latin
ēligōto choose, to pluck or root out, extract; to pick out, choose, electsēligōto separate by culling out; pick or choose out, select, culldēlēctusselection, choice, distinction; levy, recruitingexquīrōto seek or seek out, search for or hunt up; to inquire intoeximiusselect, choice; special, particular, exceptional, remarkable, extraordinary; exemptēgregiusdistinguished, excellent, eminent; illustrious, honorablepraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superdēligōto pick off, pluck off; to cull; to choose or select; to enroll, levy
The English word select itself goes back to Latin legō, through sēlēctus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
select adj.
electus: selectus: delectus (electus IMPROP. = excellent). (The words are found in this connection and order.) conquisitus et electus: exquisitus (searched out = excellent): eximius: egregius: praestans (excellent). A select band, delecta manus: select letters, *selectae epistolae
select v.
eligere (general term, to choose from several things, without reference to any particular object): deligere (to choose what is or appears to be most suitable; Caes., B.G., 7, 31, huic rei idoneos homines deligebat): seligere (to choose and set apart). To select a place for a camp, locum castris capere; locum idoneum castris diligere: to make or let anybody select, facere alicui potestatem optionemque ut eligat utrum velit
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for select?
- The usual Latin words for “select” are ēligō, sēligō, dēlēctus; also exquīrō, eximius, ēgregius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.