electus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of ēligō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɫeːk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɛk.tus] === Participle === ēlēctus (feminine ēlēcta, neuter ēlēctum); first/second-declension participle extracted chosen, elected (Manichaeism) electus, member of the highest class of believer in Manichaeism, who adhere to an ascetic, vegetarian way of life. Aurelius Augustine, In psalmum 140, 12. Tales sunt electi, ut non sint salvandi a Deo, sed salvatores Dei. So great are the electi, that they are not to be saved by God, but saviours of God. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Medieval Latin: archielectus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “electus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “electus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "electus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “electus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “electus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray