selection

eclŏga, ae, f., = eklogê, a selection, consisting of the finest passages, from a written composition.

In gen.: eclogas ex Annali descriptas, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 97 P.—

In partic., a short poem of any kind, like the poems in the Sylvae of Statius; cf. Stat. S. 3 praef.; 4 praef.; the Idyls of Ausonius; cf. Aus. Idyll. 10 praef.;

the Odes of Horace,

id. ib. 11 praef., and in many MSS. of Horace; and in the grammarians the Bucolica of Vergil are also called Eclogae, Eclogues; cf. Heyne de Carm. Bucol. in Verg. Opp. ed. Wagn. I. p. 18.

eclŏgārĭus, a, um, adj. [ecloga], of or belonging to a selection; only as subst.

eclŏgārĭum, i, n., a collection of selected poems, the title of a book of Ausonius, Weber, Corp. Poet. Lat. pp. 1254 sqq.—

eclŏgārii, ōrum, m., sc. libri, = eclogae, select passages from a work, Cic. Att. 16, 2 fin. Orell. N. cr.

eclŏgārĭus, a, um, adj. [ecloga], of or belonging to a selection; only as subst.

eclŏgārĭum, i, n., a collection of selected poems, the title of a book of Ausonius, Weber, Corp. Poet. Lat. pp. 1254 sqq.—

eclŏgārii, ōrum, m., sc. libri, = eclogae, select passages from a work, Cic. Att. 16, 2 fin. Orell. N. cr.

eclŏgārĭus, a, um, adj. [ecloga], of or belonging to a selection; only as subst.

eclŏgārĭum, i, n., a collection of selected poems, the title of a book of Ausonius, Weber, Corp. Poet. Lat. pp. 1254 sqq.—

eclŏgārii, ōrum, m., sc. libri, = eclogae, select passages from a work, Cic. Att. 16, 2 fin. Orell. N. cr.

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.

ex-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pick or take out. *

Lit.:

semina pomis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 272.—

Trop. (class.).

To pick out, choose, select, gather:

non solum ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed etiam excerpere ex ipsis, si quid inesset boni,

Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3:

quod quisque (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus,

made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

nihil umquam legit, quod non excerperet,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13:

ex libris qui chronici appellantur... easque excerptiones digerere,

Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.:

paucos enim, qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in animo est,

to single out, make prominent, Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.—Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an extract, selection, excerpt from a book or writing:

ex Gorgiā Platonis,

Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.— Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.—

To take out, strike or leave out, except, omit:

non enim, si est facilius, eo de numero quoque est excerpendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.:

me illorum excerpam numero,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 40:

tu id, quod boni est, excerpis: dicis, quod mali est,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.—

To withdraw one's self:

se consuetudini hominum,

Sen. Ep. 5:

se vulgo,

id. Brev. Vit. 18;

and simply se,

id. Ep. 18.

ex-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pick or take out. *

Lit.:

semina pomis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 272.—

Trop. (class.).

To pick out, choose, select, gather:

non solum ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed etiam excerpere ex ipsis, si quid inesset boni,

Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3:

quod quisque (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus,

made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

nihil umquam legit, quod non excerperet,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13:

ex libris qui chronici appellantur... easque excerptiones digerere,

Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.:

paucos enim, qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in animo est,

to single out, make prominent, Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.—Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an extract, selection, excerpt from a book or writing:

ex Gorgiā Platonis,

Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.— Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.—

To take out, strike or leave out, except, omit:

non enim, si est facilius, eo de numero quoque est excerpendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.:

me illorum excerpam numero,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 40:

tu id, quod boni est, excerpis: dicis, quod mali est,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.—

To withdraw one's self:

se consuetudini hominum,

Sen. Ep. 5:

se vulgo,

id. Brev. Vit. 18;

and simply se,

id. Ep. 18.

jūdex, ĭcis, com. (f.:

et sumus, ut fateor, tam saevā judice sontes,

Luc. 10, 368; cf. 227; Ov. M. 2, 428; 8, 24; Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 91; Petr. poët. 122, v. 174 al.) [jus-, 2. dico], a judge (class.).

Lit.:

judex, quod judicat acceptā potestate,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.:

verissimus judex,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84:

nequam et levis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 30:

sanctissimus et justissimus plurimarum rerum,

id. Planc. 13, 32:

severissimi atque integerrimi,

id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

apud judices causam agere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

habere aliquem judicem de re quapiam,

id. Caecin. 17, 48:

sedere judicem in aliquem,

id. Clu. 38, 105:

esse judicem de re pecuniaria,

id. ib. 43, 120:

aequum se judicem rei alicui praebere,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

judici litem committere,

Petr. 80: judicem ferre alicui, to offer or propose a judge to any one, which was done by the plaintiff:

ni ita esset, multi privatim ferebant Volscio judicem,

Liv. 3, 24:

cum ei M. Flaccus, multis probris objectis, P. Mucium judicem tulisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285: judicem dicere, to name a judge, which was done by a defendant who was willing to submit the cause to a trial, Liv. 3, 56: dare judicem, to grant a judge, this was done by the prætor, who proposed the judges from whom the parties made their selection, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 30; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 5; Dig. 4, 4, 18: judices petere, to solicit judges, i. e. to ask that the cause be tried, not before the Senate, but before the ordinary judges, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 2.—Sometimes judex stands for consul:

omnes Quirites, ite ad conventionem huc ad judices,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.—

Trop., a judge, decider, umpire in any matter:

cape, opsecro hercle, una cum eo judicem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 30, Lorenz ad loc.:

aequissimus eorum studiorum existimator et judex,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 6:

non ego Daphnim Judice te metuam,

Verg. E. 2, 27; cf.:

judice me,

in my judgment, Juv. 8, 188:

se judice,

id. 13, 3:

judice te non sordidus auctor,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 14:

grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice lis est,

id. A. P. 78:

bonus atque fidus,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

sermonum candide,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 1:

judex morum,

i. e. a censor, Juv. 4, 12.

optĭo, ōnis, f. [opto], choice, free choice, liberty to choose, privilege, option (class.):

optio haec tua est, utram harum vis condicionem, accipe,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 13:

nec mihi jus meum optinendi optio est,

id. Cas. 2, 2, 19:

utro frui malis, optio sit tua,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

vobis datur, utrum velitis,

you have your choice, id. Caecin. 23, 64:

potestatem optionemque facere alicui, ut eligat,

to let a person have his choice, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

eligendi cui patroni daretur optio,

id. Brut. 50, 189:

hiberna legionis eligendi optio delata commodum,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

optionem tribuere,

Sulp. Sev. p. 191 Horn.:

optionem proponere,

Ambros. Poenit. 2, 6, 50; Aug. Trin. 14, 19:

trium tibi datur optio,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 24, 12; id. 1 Par. 21, 10:

tutoris,

selection, Gai. Inst. 1, 150.

optĭo, ōnis, m. [id.], a helper whom one chooses for himself, an assistant (anteand post-class.).

In gen.:

tibi optionem sumito Leonidam,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 88:

fabricae,

Dig. 50, 6, 6.—

In partic., in milit. lang., an adjutant, Tac. H. 1, 21; id. A. 1, 25; Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.: in re militari optio appellatur is, quem decurio aut centurio optat sibi rerum privatarum ministrum, quo facilius obeat publica officia, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.: optio qui nunc dicitur, antea appellabatur accensus. Is adjutor dabatur centurioni a tribuno militum:

qui ex eo tempore, quem velint, centurionibus permissum est optare, et nomen ex facto sortitus est,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

optiones ab optando appellati, quod, etc.,

Veg. Mil. 2, 7.—Very freq. in inscrr., Grut. 551, 3; Malv. Marm. Fels. p. 317 et saep.