adlectus

1.

al-lēgo ( adl- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl- ), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

B.

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

II.

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

2.

al-lĕgo ( adl- ), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl- ), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A.

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

B.

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.