selectus

Latin

Etymology

    Perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out”).

    Participle

    sēlēctus (feminine sēlēcta, neuter sēlēctum); first/second-declension participle

    1. picked or chosen out, selected, culled, having been selected

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    Descendants

    • Catalan: selecte
    • French: sélect
    • Galician: selecto
    • → Portuguese: seleto
    • → Romanian: select
    • Spanish: selecto

    References

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