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]
},
{
"form": "dēlēctū",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dēlēctibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dēlēctus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dēlēctūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dēlēctus<4>"
},
"expansion": "dēlēctus m (genitive dēlēctūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dēlēctus<4>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"selection, choice, distinction"
],
"links": [
[
"selection",
"selection"
],
[
"choice",
"choice"
],
[
"distinction",
"distinction"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He determined to have a levy throughout the entire province",
"ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.1",
"text": "delectum tota provincia habere instituit",
"translation": "He determined to have a levy throughout the entire province",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"levy, recruiting"
],
"links": [
[
"levy",
"levy"
],
[
"recruiting",
"recruiting"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
}
],
"word": "delectus"
}
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