allectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of allegō (“select etc.”).

Participle

allēctus (feminine allēcta, neuter allēctum); first/second-declension participle

1. selected, chosen, recruited, elected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	allēctus	allēcta	allēctum		allēctī	allēctae	allēcta
Genitive	allēctī	allēctae	allēctī		allēctōrum	allēctārum	allēctōrum
Dative	allēctō		allēctō		allēctīs
Accusative	allēctum	allēctam	allēctum		allēctōs	allēctās	allēcta
Ablative	allēctō	allēctā	allēctō		allēctīs
Vocative	allēcte	allēcta	allēctum		allēctī	allēctae	allēcta

Descendants

• Aromanian: aleptu, aleaptã
• English: adlect

See also

• allēgātus

Etymology 2

Noun

allēctus m (genitive allēctūs); fourth declension

1. Alternative form of adlēctus (“choice”)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allēctus	allēctūs
Genitive	allēctūs	allēctuum
Dative	allēctuī	allēctibus
Accusative	allēctum	allēctūs
Ablative	allēctū	allēctibus
Vocative	allēctus	allēctūs

Etymology 3

Perfect passive participle of alliciō (“entice, allure; win over”).

Participle

allectus (feminine allecta, neuter allectum); first/second-declension participle

1. enticed, allured; won over

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	allectus	allecta	allectum		allectī	allectae	allecta
Genitive	allectī	allectae	allectī		allectōrum	allectārum	allectōrum
Dative	allectō		allectō		allectīs
Accusative	allectum	allectam	allectum		allectōs	allectās	allecta
Ablative	allectō	allectā	allectō		allectīs
Vocative	allecte	allecta	allectum		allectī	allectae	allecta

References

• “allectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “allectus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray