elego
Latin edit
Etymology edit
ex- + lēgō (“appoint, bequeath”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.