elect

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

choose: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι.

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.