seligo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • sēlegō

Etymology

From sē- (without; apart, aside) +‎ legō (read; gather; choose).

Pronunciation

Verb

sēligō (present infinitive sēligere, perfect active sēlēgī, supine sēlēctum); third conjugation

  1. to separate by culling out; pick or choose out, select, cull

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: select

References

  • seligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • seligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.