allectus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of allegō (“select etc.”). ==== Participle ==== allēctus (feminine allēcta, neuter allēctum); first/second-declension participle selected, chosen, recruited, elected ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Alternative forms ===== adlēctus ===== Descendants ===== Aromanian: aleptu, aleaptã Italian: alletto (archaic) → English: adlect ==== See also ==== allēgātus === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== allēctus m (genitive allēctūs); fourth declension choice ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Alternative forms ===== adlēctus === Etymology 3 === Perfect passive participle of alliciō (“entice, allure; win over”). ==== Participle ==== allectus (feminine allecta, neuter allectum); first/second-declension participle enticed, allured; won over ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Alternative forms ===== adlectus ===== Descendants ===== Italian: alletto === 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