sēligō

sēligo, lēgī, lēctum, ere (se u. lego), auslesen, auswählen, I) im allg.: exempla, Cic.: selectae sententiae, Cic. – II) insbes.: a) selecti iudices, die (vom Prätor gewählten) Richter in Kriminalsachen, Cic. u.a. – b) dii selecti, nach Varro folgende zwanzig: Ianus, Iuppiter, Saturnus, Genius, Mercurius, Apollo, Mars, Vulcanus, Neptunus, Sol, Orcus, Liber pater, nebst den weiblichen: Tellus, Ceres, Iuno, Luna, Diana, Minerva, Venus, Vesta, Varro bei Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 2; vgl. Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 3 u. 33.

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    Seligo, seligis, pen. corr. selegi, pen. prod. selectum, seligere. Cic. Eslire et mettre à part, Trier, Delire, Eslire et choisir entre plusieurs.

sē-lĭgo, lēgi. lectum, 3, v. a. [se-lego].

In gen. separate by culling out; to choose out, cul select (rare but class.;

syn.: eligo, deligo), nec vero utetur imprudenter hac copia (communium locorum), sed omnia expendet et seliget,

Cic. Or. 15, 47:

exempla,

id. ib. 29, 103; id. Fin. 3, 6, 22 Orell. and Otto N. cr.: ex quo (commentario) tu, quae digna sunt, selige, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 4; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 49; App. M. 10, p. 245, 10:

selectae sententiae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

(Romulus) selecta pectora Patres dixit,

Ov. F. 5, 71.—

In partic.

Judices selecti, the judges in criminal suits selected by the prœtor, Cic. Clu. 43, 121; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32; Hor. S. 1, 4, 123; Ov. Tr. 2, 132; id. Am. 1, 10, 38:

non potest ad haec sumi judex ex turbā selectorum,

Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 7; cf. also Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31.—

Di selecti, acc. to Varro, the following twenty Roman deities (twelve male and eight female): Deos selectos esse Janum, Jovem, Saturnum, Genium, Mercurium, Apollinem, Martem, Vulcanum, Neptunum, Solem, Orcum, Liberum patrem, Tellurem, Cererem, Junonem, Lunam, Dianam, Minervam, Venerem, Vestam, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 2 sq.; cf. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 33. The sixteenth book of Varro's Antiquitates rerum divinarum treats of the di selecti; cf. Becker, Antiq. 4, p. 24 sq.

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    Selectus, Participium: vt Selectae, breuesque sententiae. Cic. Esleutes et choisies et mises à part, Sentences d'eslite.

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    Selecti iudices. Cic. Choisis et d'eslite, Qui sont au rolle.

sēlēctio, ōnis, f. (seligo), das Auslesen, die Auswahl, Cic. de fin. 2, 43 u.a.: si selectio nulla sit ab iis rebus, quae etc., Cic. de fin. 3, 31: si insipientis iudicio multitudinis facta est deorum ista selectio, Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 3, 2. p. 278, 18 D.²

sēlēctor, ōris, m. (seligo), der Auswähler, Ausleser, postremo in eo vim artificii consumant, ut ipsi ab aliis potius eligendi, quam aliorum (aus Fremden) boni selectores existimentur, Cornif. rhet. 4, 7 Fr.; außerdem Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 3.

dē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [1. lego], to choose out, to select (for syn. cf.: lego, coopto, designo, eligo, seligo).

In gen. (freq. and class.):

continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primores principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 3: quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat;

deligetque optimum quemque,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34:

qui ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis,

id. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.; so with ex, id. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. Mil. 8, 21; id. Rep. 1, 44; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 5, 11; Sall. J. 23, 2; Liv. 8, 33 et saep.; poet. with ab:

delectos ordine ab omni centum oratores,

Verg. A. 7, 152:

Otho (Celsum) bello inter duces delegit,

Tac. H. 1, 71:

locum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 2, 17:

hunc sibi locum domicilio,

id. ib. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

re frumentaria comparata equitibusque delectis,

id. ib. 4, 7;

and so of soldiers,

id. ib. 1, 48; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 1 al.:

delecti Latio et Laurentibus agris,

Verg. A. 11, 431:

melimela ad lunam delecta,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 32.— Poet.:

altaque mortali deligere astra manu,

Prop. 2, 32, 50 (3, 30, 50 M. dub.; al. deripere).—

In partic.

Of fruits, to gather, pick off:

oleam,

Cato R. R. 144, 1:

uvam,

ib. 112, 2:

fructum,

Col. 5, 10, 10.—

With the accessory idea of removal to a distance, to choose out and send or take away (rare):

amentem ex aedibus,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 42:

senes ac fessas aequore matres,

Verg. A. 5, 717.

dē-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (de in the sense of reduction in breadth; cf. devincire), to bind or tie together; to bind up, to bind fast (good prose):

homini rostrum deliges,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13:

brachium superimposito penicillo,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.:

vulnus,

Quint. 2, 17, 9; 2, 21, 17; cf.:

deligatus et plurimis medicamentis delibutus,

id. 11, 3, 129:

veretra,

Suet. Tib. 62 et saep.:

hominem proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 40:

sarmentis circum cornua boum deligatis,

Quint. 2, 17, 19:

naviculam ad ripam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 3; so,

naves ad ancoras,

id. ib. 4, 29;

and, naves ad terram,

id. B. C. 3, 39:

epistolam ad amentum,

id. B. G. 5, 48, 5: ad patibulos deligantur, cruci defiguntur, Licinius ap. Non. 221, 11; cf.:

aliquem ad palum,

Liv. 2, 5; 8, 7:

viros ac feminas ad stipitem,

Suet. Ner. 29 al.:

alterius collo ascopera deligata,

id. ib. 45.

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.

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.

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.