LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sēlēctiō

sēlēctiō f (genitive sēlēctiōnis)

Meaning

  1. The act of choosing out or selecting; selection, choice.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesēlēctiōsēlēctiōnēs
genitivesēlēctiōnissēlēctiōnum
dativesēlēctiōnīsēlēctiōnibus
accusativesēlēctiōnemsēlēctiōnēs
ablativesēlēctiōnesēlēctiōnibus
vocativesēlēctiōsēlēctiōnēs

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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin sēlēctiō From sēligō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanselecció
  • Englishselection
  • Frenchsélection
  • Italianselezione
  • Occitanseleccion
  • Portugueseseleção
  • Portugueseselecionar
  • Romanianselecție
  • Spanishselección
  • Galicianselección

Quick answers

What does sēlēctiō mean in Latin?
sēlēctiō, a noun, means “The act of choosing out or selecting; selection, choice.”.
What is the genitive of sēlēctiō?
The genitive singular is sēlēctiōnis. sēlēctiō is feminine, third declension.