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1 elect
[i'lekt] 1. verb1) (to choose by vote: He was elected chairman; elected to the committee.) εκλέγω2) (to choose (to do something): They elected to go by taxi.) προτιμώ2. adjective((placed immediately after noun) chosen for office but not yet in it: the president elect.) εκλεγμένος- election- electioneer
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2 Elect
v. trans.Choose: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι.Select: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.). αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν. Ar. and P. ἐκλέγειν (or mid), ἀπολέγειν (or mid.), P. ἐπιλέγεσθαι, V. κρίνειν.Be elected to the senate: P. εἰς τὴν γερουσίαν ἐγκρίνεσθαι (Dem. 489).——————adj.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Elect
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3 Choose
v. trans.Pick out: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν, Ar. and P. ἐκλέγειν (or mid.), ἀπολέγειν (or mid.), V. κρίνειν, P. ἐπιλέγεσθαι.Choose in addition: P. προσαιρεῖσθαι.Choose in stead: P. and V. ἀνθαιρεῖσθαι.Choose by lot: see under Lot.Choose the best, take one's pick of: V. λωτίζεσθαι (acc.), ἀπολωτίζειν (acc.), ἀκροθινιάζεσθαι (acc.). V. intrans.Be willing: P. and V. βούλεσθαι.Make it one's purpose: P. προαιρεῖσθαι (with infin.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Choose
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4 Select
v. trans.P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν, Ar. and P. ἐκλέγειν (or mid.), ἀπολέγειν (or mid.), V. κρίνειν, P. ἐπιλέγεσθαι.——————adj.Select troops: P. and V. λογάδες, οἱ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Select
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