ἐκλέγειν
From LSJ
ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν → of his pleasures he was the master and not their servant
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐκλέγω): choose, requisition, select, pick out
Lexicon Thucydideum
eligere, to choose out, 4.59.2,
MED. 4.74.3, 6.58.2,
exigere, colligere, to drive out, gather together (vectigalia revenues), 8.44.4.
