electus
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ēlectus: a, um, Part. and P. a.,
I choice, excellent; v. eligo.
ēlectus: ūs, m. eligo,
I a choice: necis, Ov. H. 2, 144 Loers. N. cr.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ēlēctus,¹¹ a, um, part.-adj. de eligo, choisi, excellent, supérieur, exquis : electissimi viri civitatis Cic. Quinct. 5, l’élite de l’État || ēlēcta, n. pl., morceaux choisis, choix de morceaux : Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 5, 17 || -tior *Her. 4, 36 ; -issimus Cic. Fin. 3, 26.
(2) ēlēctŭs,¹⁶ abl. ū, m. (eligo), choix : Ov. H. 2, 144.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) ēlēctus1, a, um, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. eligo), auserlesen, auserwählt, ausgesucht, a) v. Pers.: manus (Mannschaft), Tac.: ferae, Ov.: electissima multitudo, Auct. b. Alex.: electissimi pugiles, Suet.: genere atque institutione litterarum viri electissimi, Veget. mil. – subst., α) masc., der Auserwählte, Auserkorene, electus dei, Eccl.: Illyrici exercitus electi, Auserwählte, Tac. – β) neutr., iuvenis ad electiora tendens, nach Besserem strebend, Symm. epist. 5, 79. – b) v. Lebl.: praevalida et electa robora (Eichenstämme), Cypr.: verbum electius, Cornif. rhet.: electior sententia, Augustin.: electissima pessimi poëtae scripta, Catull.: verba electissima, Cic.
(2) ēlēctus2, ūs, m. (eligo), die Wahl, necis, Ov. her. 2, 144.
