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Noun [English]

Forms: delectuses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin delectus (“selection”), from deligo (“to select”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|delectus||selection}} Latin delectus (“selection”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} delectus (plural delectuses)
  1. (obsolete) An elementary reader (collection of passages) for learners of a language Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-delectus-en-noun-k4adMIrN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 4 4 35 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 3 48 2

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: From dēligō (“I esteem, love, select”) + -tus (action noun suffix), literally “selection”. Etymology templates: {{af|la|dēligō|-tus|id2=action noun|lit=selection|pos2=action noun suffix|t1=I esteem, love, select}} dēligō (“I esteem, love, select”) + -tus (action noun suffix), literally “selection” Head templates: {{la-noun|dēlēctus<4>}} dēlēctus m (genitive dēlēctūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dēlēctus<4>}} Forms: dēlēctus [canonical, masculine], dēlēctūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēlēctus [nominative, singular], dēlēctūs [nominative, plural], dēlēctūs [genitive, singular], dēlēctuum [genitive, plural], dēlēctuī [dative, singular], dēlēctibus [dative, plural], dēlēctum [accusative, singular], dēlēctūs [accusative, plural], dēlēctū [ablative, singular], dēlēctibus [ablative, plural], dēlēctus [singular, vocative], dēlēctūs [plural, vocative], dīlēctus [alternative]
  1. selection, choice, distinction Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-delectus-la-noun-hpyPxmok
  2. levy, recruiting Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-delectus-la-noun-Zunu8euA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Etymology: Perfect passive participle of dēligō (“[I] pick off; select”). Head templates: {{la-part|dēlēctus}} dēlēctus (feminine dēlēcta, neuter dēlēctum); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|dēlēctus}} Forms: dēlēctus [canonical], dēlēcta [feminine], dēlēctum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēlēctus [masculine, nominative, singular], dēlēcta [feminine, nominative, singular], dēlēctum [neuter, nominative, singular], dēlēctī [masculine, nominative, plural], dēlēctae [feminine, nominative, plural], dēlēcta [neuter, nominative, plural], dēlēctī [genitive, masculine, singular], dēlēctae [feminine, genitive, singular], dēlēctī [genitive, neuter, singular], dēlēctōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], dēlēctārum [feminine, genitive, plural], dēlēctōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], dēlēctō [dative, masculine, singular], dēlēctae [dative, feminine, singular], dēlēctō [dative, neuter, singular], dēlēctīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dēlēctum [accusative, masculine, singular], dēlēctam [accusative, feminine, singular], dēlēctum [accusative, neuter, singular], dēlēctōs [accusative, masculine, plural], dēlēctās [accusative, feminine, plural], dēlēcta [accusative, neuter, plural], dēlēctō [ablative, masculine, singular], dēlēctā [ablative, feminine, singular], dēlēctō [ablative, neuter, singular], dēlēctīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dēlēcte [masculine, singular, vocative], dēlēcta [feminine, singular, vocative], dēlēctum [neuter, singular, vocative], dēlēctī [masculine, plural, vocative], dēlēctae [feminine, plural, vocative], dēlēcta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. picked off, having been picked off, plucked off, having been plucked off; culled, having been culled Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: dēligō (extra: [I] pick off; select)
    Sense id: en-delectus-la-verb-faoweohF Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun) Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 3 48 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 77 6 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 23 20 36 21 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun): 10 11 70 9
  2. chosen, having been chosen, selected, having been selected Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: dēligō (extra: [I] pick off; select)
    Sense id: en-delectus-la-verb-HcWvAP~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1871-2, George Eliot, Middlemarch, volume I, book IV, chapter 37",
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          "ref": "1872, Matthew Arnold, “General Report for the Year 1872”, in Sir Francis Sanford, editor, Reports on Elementary Schools 1852-1882:",
          "text": "I am convinced that for [t]his purpose the best way would be to disregard classical Latin entirely, to use neither Cornelius Nepos, nor Eutropius, nor Cæsar, nor any delectus from them, but to use the Latin Bible, the Vulgate.",
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "delit"
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          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.1",
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