coòpto

dē-signo or dissigno (the latter form preferred by Brambach in sense II. B. 2. infra; so Keller, ad Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16; cf. Roby, L. G. 2, p. 384), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to mark out, trace out (freq. in the Aug. per.); to describe, designate, define (for syn. cf.: nomino, appello; voco, dico; facio, coöpto, evoco, prodo, declaro, renuntio, seligo).

Lit.:

Aeneas urbem designat aratro,

Verg. A. 5, 755; cf.:

moenia fossā,

id. ib. 7, 157:

moenia sulco,

Ov. F. 4, 825; and:

oppidum sulco,

Tac. A. 12, 24.— With dat.:

finis templo Jovis,

Liv. 1, 10; cf.:

locum circo,

id. 1, 35:—vulnere frontem, to mark, Stat. Th. 6, 782; cf.:

nubila ingenti gyro,

id. ib. 1, 311.—

Transf., to delineate, design, depict, represent, sc. by embroidering, weaving, etc.:

Europen,

Ov. M. 6, 103.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

In gen., to point out, mark, denote by speech; to designate, describe, represent:

haec ab hominibus callidis animadversa ac notata, verbis designata,

Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 109; cf.:

affectus velut primis lineis designare,

Quint. 4, 2, 120; and:

aliquem aliqua oratione,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

aliquem digito,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 19; 3, 6, 77:

decumam ex praeda,

Liv. 5, 25:

aliquem nota ignaviae,

id. 24, 16:

turpitudinem aliquam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

quem (mundum) alio loco ipse designarit deum,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 33:

multa, quae nimiam luxuriam et victoriae fiduciam designarent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, to contrive, devise, perpetrate (syn.:

exsequi, patrare, perpetrare—very rare): quae designata sint et facta nequitia,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 66; cf.: Illa, quae antehac facta sunt, Omitto;

modo quid designavit!

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 7 Donat.—In a good sense:

quid non ebrietas designat,

effect, do, accomplish, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 16 Orell.—

With access. idea of arrangement, to dispose, regulate, arrange, appoint, ordain, nominate, elect, choose:

constituere et designare aliquid,

Cic. Div. 1, 38, 82:

Anaxagoras primus omnium rerum descriptionem et modum mentis infinitae vi ac ratione designari et confici voluit,

to be designed and executed, id. N. D. 1, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 35.—Esp., to appoint to a public office:

aliquem praetorem,

Suet. Cal. 18:

Mamertinum Consulem,

Amm. 21, 12, 25:

ut ii decemviratum habeant, quos plebs designaverit: oblitus est, nullos ab plebe designari,

Cic. Agr. 2, 10 fin.:

Catilina in proximum annum consulatum petebat, sperans si designatus foret, etc.,

Sall. C. 26.—Hence,

Polit. t. t.: dēsig-nātus, elect; applied to a person elected to an office, but who has not yet entered upon it:

consul,

Cic. Fam. 11, 6; Vell. 2, 58, and the superscriptions of letters in Cic. Fam. 11, 4-8:

tribunus plebis,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 11; id. Att. 3, 13; Sall. J. 27, 2:

quaestor,

Vell. 2, 111, 3 et saep.—Also, said of the office itself:

Pompeio consulatus designatus est,

Gell. 14, 7, 1.—

Transf., expected; of a child not yet born:

designatus civis,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32.

ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

uvam ad edendum (with legere),

id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

herbas,

to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

trop.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

ex malis minima,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

a multis commodissimum quodque,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

aliquando et elegit,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.

In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

par columbarum,

Petr. 85, 6:

viri electissimi civitatis,

Cic. Quint. 2:

pugiles,

Suet. Calig. 18:

quisque,

id. ib. 49:

electissima verba,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

electius verbum,

id. ib.;

scripta,

Cat. 36, 6:

res,

Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—

In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

uvam ad edendum (with legere),

id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

herbas,

to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

trop.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

ex malis minima,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

a multis commodissimum quodque,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

aliquando et elegit,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.

In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

par columbarum,

Petr. 85, 6:

viri electissimi civitatis,

Cic. Quint. 2:

pugiles,

Suet. Calig. 18:

quisque,

id. ib. 49:

electissima verba,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

electius verbum,

id. ib.;

scripta,

Cat. 36, 6:

res,

Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—

In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

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ELIGO (-ERE -LEGI -LECTUM)

DELIGO (-ERE -LEGI -LECTUM)

SELIGO (-ERE -LEGI -LECTUM)

LEGO (-ERE LEGI LECTUM)

PRAELEGO (-ERE -LEGI -LECTUM)

OPTO (-ARE -AVI -ATUM)

COOPTO (-ARE -AVI -ATUM)

COPTO (-ARE -AVI -ATUM)

SORTIOR (-IRI -ITUS SUM)

DESUMO (-ERE -SUMPSI -SUMPTUM)

ELECTO (-ARE -AVI -ATUM)

MALO (MALLE MALUI)

VOLO (VELLE VOLUI)

MAVOLO (-VELLE -VOLUI)

SUMO (-ERE SUMPSI SUMPTUM)

CAPIO (-ERE CEPI CAPTUM)

INTERNOSCO (-ERE -NOVI -NOTUM)

DESIGNO (-ARE -AVI -ATUM)

INTELLEGO (-ERE -LEXI -LECTUM)

INTELLIGO (-ERE -LEXI -LECTUM)

EXCERPO (-ERE -CERPSI -CERPTUM)

DEOPTO (-ARE -AVI -ATUS)

SELEGO (-ERE -I -LECTUS)