coopto

cŏ-opto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. coop tassint, old formula in Liv. 3, 64, 10; contr. form copto, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 9; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 135), v. a.; publicists' t. t., to choose or elect to something, to admit or re ceive into some body by election, to elect to an office:

senatores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

senatum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 49, § 122; Liv. 23, 3, 5:

tribunos plebis,

id. 5, 10, 3 and 11; cf. id. 4, 16, 3:

collegas,

id. 3, 64, 9; cf.:

collegam sibi,

Suet. Aug. 27:

magistrum equitum,

Liv. 6, 38, 4:

sacerdotes per collegia,

Suet. Claud. 22:

quem in amplissimum ordinem,

Cic. Cael. 2, 5:

in collegium (augurum),

id. Brut. 1, 1; cf.:

in locum auguratus,

id. Phil. 13, 5, 12:

in patricios,

Suet. Tib. 1.