elego
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ex- + lēgō (“appoint, bequeath”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eːˈleː.ɡoː/, [eːˈɫ̪eːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈle.ɡo/, [eˈlɛːɡo]
Verb
[edit]ēlēgō (present infinitive ēlēgāre, perfect active ēlēgāvī); first conjugation, no supine stem
- to bequeath away (out of the family)
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “elego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- elego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.