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1. ēlectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., choice, excellent; v. eligo.
* 2. ēlectus, ūs, m. [eligo], a choice: necis, Ov. H. 2, 144 Loers. 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.