elect
From LSJ
ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
elect to office: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι, Ar. and P. χειροτονεῖν, P. προχειρίζεσθαι.
select: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.). αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν. Ar. and P. ἐκλέγειν (or mid ), ἀπολέγειν (or mid.), P. ἐπιλέγεσθαι, V. κρίνειν.
be elected to the senate: P. εἰς τὴν γερουσίαν ἐγκρίνεσθαι (Dem. 489).
adjective
P. and V. ἔκκριτος, ἐξαίρετος. V. κριτός, λεκτός; see chosen.
