allectus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of allegō (“select etc.”).
Participle
allēctus m (feminine allēcta, neuter allēctum); first/second declension
- selected, chosen, recruited, elected
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | allēctae | allēctō | allēctīs | allēctīs | allēctīs | |
| Accusative | allēctum | allēctam | allēctum | allēctōs | allēctās | allēcta | |
| Ablative | allēctō | allēctā | allēctō | allēctīs | allēctīs | allēctīs | |
| Vocative | allēcte | allēcta | allēctum | allēctī | allēctae | allēcta | |
Descendants
- Aromanian: aleptu, aleaptã
- English: adlect
See also
- allēgātus
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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray