verb transitive

al-lĕgo

2nd PP al-lĕgere · 3rd PP al-lēgi · 4th PP alectum · conj. 3rd

to select for; to choose; to admit by election poetic ••

to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus ... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur): augures de plebe, Liv. 10, 6: octo praetoribus adlecti duo, Vell. 2, 89: aliquem in sui custodiam, Suet. Aug. 49; so, in senatum, id. Claud. 24: inter patricios, id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.—Poet.: adlegi caelo, Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus (adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation •

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti; additi Adlecti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order; on account of the small number of the Senators; were called

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

Perseus ID: n1922 Key: allego2