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+ {{homograph|1|choose}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēligō''' (present infinitive dēligere, perfect active dēlēgī, supine dēlēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''dēlegō'' in Plautus, Ovid and Celsus.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb “to choose” is [[af|la|dē-|legō|t2=to gather, pick]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨legō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*leg-e-]], from [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus and Cato.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to pick off, remove by plucking, as in Cato; to pick out in preference to the rest, choose persons, things or a course of action, as in Cicero's ''ex cīvitāte in senātum dēlēctī'' “chosen from the citizens for the senate”; and to levy soldiers, enrol, as in Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to choose, select, resolve, wish.^(Stelten 1995)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of plucking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of choosing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a levy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To pick off, remove by plucking.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pick out, [[m|en|choose]], [[m|en|select]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|levy]] (soldiers), enrol.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dēlēctus]]
+ * [[dēlēctiō]]
+
+ {{homograph|2|tie up}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *leyǵ-}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēligō''' (present infinitive dēligāre, perfect active dēligāvī, supine dēligātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb “to tie up” is [[af|la|dē-|ligō|t2=to tie]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨ligō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*-lig-ā-]], probably from [[ine-pro|*liǵ-|t=to tie]]; since the simple verb is not found before Catullus, the older compounds may point to a base ⟨*lig-e/o-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cato, of tying something fast.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make fast by tying, tie up, as in Caesar's ''nāviculam ad rīpam dēligāre'' “to moor a boat to the bank”, and of persons and animals; and in medicine to bandage, as in Celsus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of mooring a boat.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of bandaging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To make fast by tying, tie up, [[m|en|moor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(medicine)'' To [[m|en|bandage]].^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[legō]]
+ * [[ligō]]
+ * [[ēligō]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}