delectusn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈlɛktəs/, U.S.

/dəˈlɛktəs/,

/diˈlɛktəs/

Forms: 1500s– delectus, 1800s– dilectus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dēlectus.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēlectus (also dīlectus) selection, choice, (specifically) selection of soldiers by conscription, military draft, body of men enrolled, levy < dēlect- , past participial stem of dēligere to choose out, select ( < de- de- prefix + legere to gather, cull, choose: see lection n.) + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns.

1. Roman History.

†a. With the and plural agreement. Enlisted soldiers; conscripts. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1591 H. Savile View Certaine Militar Matters 54 in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. It is cleare..that [for] many hundreth yeares..all the delectus were ex plebe Romanâ alone, which in later times seldome was mustered.

b. Enlistment or conscription of soldiers; an instance of this, a military draft.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun]

enrolling1467

raisec1500

conscription1529

prest1542

enrolment1552

listing1641

delectus1656

enlisting1757

enlistment1765

recruitment1793

crimping1795

sign-up1908

induction1934

1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 229 The Delectus, or Levy of an Army,..proceeded..in this manner.

1853 R. Jacobs in H. Browne tr. Sallust Hist. Jugurthine War 65 (note) Except on extraordinary emergencies, the delectus was held, i.e. the consuls..selected the available persons from the five classes..which were bound and entitled to serve in the army.

1897 Classical Rev. 11 440/2 The imperator in military dress is conducting the dilectus; the man in the toga is an unwilling recruit.

2016 S. E. Phang et al. Conflict in Anc. Greece & Rome I. 864/2 Those selected by the dilectus subsequently presented themselves at specified locations to take the military oath..and be formally enlisted as soldiers.

2. A selection of texts or extracts from a larger work or collection; spec. a selection of Latin or Greek passages from various authors, intended for translation.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > collection of fragments or extracts

analects1641

delectus1700

scrapiana1792

scrap-book1825

chrestomathy1832

1700 T. Bray Circular Let. Clergy Mary-Land As for the Psalms themselves, you have a sufficient Delectus for your purpose to begin with, at the end of the Baptismal Covenant. And I will take care to send you a more compleat Collection afterwards.

1836 F. E. J. Valpy (title) Second Latin Delectus, with English notes.

1865 S. Smiles Life of Watt 512 His first school-exercises, down to his college themes, his delectuses.

2000 T. Screech Shogun's Painted Culture i. 40 The Genji had become a disembodied string of anecdotes, mistold, encrusted with error and known from secondary retellings in delectuses, précis and commentaries, or via pictures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	delectus
释义	delectusn. Brit. /dᵻˈlɛktəs/, U.S. /dəˈlɛktəs/, /diˈlɛktəs/ Forms: 1500s– delectus, 1800s– dilectus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dēlectus. Etymology: < classical Latin dēlectus (also dīlectus) selection, choice, (specifically) selection of soldiers by conscription, military draft, body of men enrolled, levy < dēlect- , past participial stem of dēligere to choose out, select ( < de- de- prefix + legere to gather, cull, choose: see lection n.) + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns. 1. Roman History. †a. With the and plural agreement. Enlisted soldiers; conscripts. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1591 H. Savile View Certaine Militar Matters 54 in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. It is cleare..that [for] many hundreth yeares..all the delectus were ex plebe Romanâ alone, which in later times seldome was mustered. b. Enlistment or conscription of soldiers; an instance of this, a military draft. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] enrolling1467 raisec1500 conscription1529 prest1542 enrolment1552 listing1641 delectus1656 enlisting1757 enlistment1765 recruitment1793 crimping1795 sign-up1908 induction1934 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 229 The Delectus, or Levy of an Army,..proceeded..in this manner. 1853 R. Jacobs in H. Browne tr. Sallust Hist. Jugurthine War 65 (note) Except on extraordinary emergencies, the delectus was held, i.e. the consuls..selected the available persons from the five classes..which were bound and entitled to serve in the army. 1897 Classical Rev. 11 440/2 The imperator in military dress is conducting the dilectus; the man in the toga is an unwilling recruit. 2016 S. E. Phang et al. Conflict in Anc. Greece & Rome I. 864/2 Those selected by the dilectus subsequently presented themselves at specified locations to take the military oath..and be formally enlisted as soldiers. 2. A selection of texts or extracts from a larger work or collection; spec. a selection of Latin or Greek passages from various authors, intended for translation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > collection of fragments or extracts analects1641 delectus1700 scrapiana1792 scrap-book1825 chrestomathy1832 1700 T. Bray Circular Let. Clergy Mary-Land As for the Psalms themselves, you have a sufficient Delectus for your purpose to begin with, at the end of the Baptismal Covenant. And I will take care to send you a more compleat Collection afterwards. 1836 F. E. J. Valpy (title) Second Latin Delectus, with English notes. 1865 S. Smiles Life of Watt 512 His first school-exercises, down to his college themes, his delectuses. 2000 T. Screech Shogun's Painted Culture i. 40 The Genji had become a disembodied string of anecdotes, mistold, encrusted with error and known from secondary retellings in delectuses, précis and commentaries, or via pictures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591
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