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ἐκλογή

ekloge

choice, selection

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκλογή, ἡ, A. choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων Pl. R. 414a, 536c; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. Lg. 802b; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] Arist. EN 1181a18; τῶν ἐναντίων Id. Metaph. 1004a2; ὀνομάτων Phld. Rh. 1.162 S., D.H. Comp. 1, etc.; ὀνόματος A.D. Synt. 71.10; κατʼ ἐκλογὴν ἀριστίνδην κεκριμένοι Plb. 6.10.9; ἐπὶ ἐγλογῇ γεωργεῖν PTeb. 5.166 (ii B.C.). 2. levying of troops, Plb. 5.63.11. 3. collection of tribute, etc., κριθῶν Lex Attica ap.Ath. 6.235c; χρημάτων D.C. 42.6; σίτου Crates ap.Ath. 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, Apollon. Cit.3, Ath. 14.663c, Antig. Mir. 15. 2. choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or ‘Elegant Extracts’ of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of A., Gal. 14.343. 3. διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων because they were picked men, Plb. 1.47.9,cf.Ph. 2.362. 4. ἐκλογήν· κάλαθον (Lacon.), Hsch.
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