ἐκλογή
ekloge
choice, selection
Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐκλογή, ἡ, A. choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων R. 414a, 536c; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Lg. 802b; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] EN 1181a18; τῶν ἐναντίων Metaph. 1004a2; ὀνομάτων Rh. 1.162 , Comp. 1, etc.; ὀνόματος Synt. 71.10; κατʼ ἐκλογὴν ἀριστίνδην κεκριμένοι 6.10.9; ἐπὶ ἐγλογῇ γεωργεῖν PTeb. 5.166 (ii B.C.). 2. levying of troops, 5.63.11. 3. collection of tribute, etc., κριθῶν Lex Attica ap. 6.235c; χρημάτων 42.6; σίτου Crates ap. 6.235b. 4. Theol., election,Ep.Rom.9.11, etc.; σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς Act.Ap. 9.15. 5. balancing of accounts, PRyl. 157.6 (ii A.D.). II. extract, quotation from a book, Cit.3, 14.663c, Mir. 15. 2. choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or ‘Elegant Extracts’ of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of , 14.343. 3. διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων because they were picked men, 1.47.9,cf. 2.362. 4. ἐκλογήν· κάλαθον (Lacon.),
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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