seligo Latin · revision 6629

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la legō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈseː.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēligō''' (present infinitive sēligere, perfect active sēlēgī, supine sēlēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sē-|t=apart]] and [[legō]] “to gather, choose”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius, of weeding out.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to weed out, as in Ennius, and to pick out, choose, select, as in the Rhetorica ad Herennium and Cicero's orator who weighs and selects his commonplaces.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero has ''sēlēctae sententiae'' “chosen maxims” and ''sēlēctī iūdicēs'' “selected judges”.^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short call it rare but Classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to select, choose.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|select]] comes from its participle ''sēlēctus'' in the 1560s, and [[en|selection]] from ''sēlēctiō''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of weeding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The Rhetorica ad Herennium uses it of selecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of chosen judges.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''select'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To weed out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pick out, choose, [[m|en|select]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sēlēctiō]]

+ * [[sēlector]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[legō]]

+ * [[ēligō]]

+ * [[en|select]]

+ * [[en|selection]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}