ἐκλέγω,
future passive ἐκλεγήσεσθαι [[ “IG” 12.76.16 ] Refs]: perfect passive ἐξείλεγμαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121e ] Refs 5th c.BC+], and in middle sense, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.131, but ἐκλέλεγμαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 44, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 27.9 (probably)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—pick or single out, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of soldiers, rowers, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 535a; ἐκ πάντων κεφάλαια [prev. author] “Lg.” 811a:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive [[, [prev. author]Alcaeus[same place]; ἐκλελεγμένος ] Refs]select, recondite, [[ 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] Oen.23:—middle, pick out for oneself, choose, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199, 3.38, D.[same place]; τὰ κάλλιστα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 198d, +others; ἐξ ἁπάντων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.58. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 Lit. Crit., select, λέξεις καλάς [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; compare ἐκλογή.
__3 middle, of God, elect, choose, [[ LXX.Deu.4.37, NT.Eph.1.4, etc. ] LXX+NT]
__4 ἐκλέγειν τὰς πολιὰς (i.e. τρίχας) pull out one's grey hairs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 908, “fragment” 410. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II levy taxes or tribute, χρήματα παρά τινος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.44; τὰς ἐπικαρπίας 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.92, compare “IG” 12.76.8 (_passive_, [prev. work]16) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔκ τινων [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.49 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; take toll of, χαλκοῦς [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.4: with _accusative_ _person_, ἐ. τέλη τοὺς καταπλέοντας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.113: c._accusative_ et _genitive_, τὴν δεκάτην τῶν πλοίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]