choice, selection,
ἐκλογ-ή,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
; κατ' 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.,κριθῶνLex Attica ap. Ath. 6.235c ; χρημάτων
D.C. 42.6
;σίτουCratesap. Ath. 6.235b .
4. Theol.,election,Ep.Rom.
9.11 , etc.; σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς
Act.Ap. 9.15
.
5. balancingof accounts, PRyl. 157.6
(ii A.D.).
II. extract, quotation from a book,
Apollon. Cit. 3 , Ath. 14.663c , Antig. Mir. 15 .
2. choice collectionof passages, such asthe Eclogaeor'Elegant Extracts'of Stobaeus:ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptionsof A. , Gal. 14.343 .
3. διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπωνbecause they werepickedmen, Plb. 1.47.9 ,cf. Ph. 2.362 .
4. ἐκλογήν: κάλαθον( Lacon. ), Hsch.
