selectio

Latin

Etymology

From the past participle stem of seligere.

Noun

sēlēctiō f (genitive sēlēctiōnis); third declension

The act of choosing out or selecting; selection, choice.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēlēctiō	sēlēctiōnēs
genitive	sēlēctiōnis	sēlēctiōnum
dative	sēlēctiōnī	sēlēctiōnibus
accusative	sēlēctiōnem	sēlēctiōnēs
ablative	sēlēctiōne	sēlēctiōnibus
vocative	sēlēctiō	sēlēctiōnēs

Descendants

French: sélection
Italian: selezione
Portuguese: seleção
Romanian: selecție
Russian: селекция (selekcija)
Serbo-Croatian: селекција, selekcija
Slovene: selekcija
Spanish: selección

References

selectio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
selectio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
selectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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