selectio

Latin

Etymology

From sēligō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

sēlēctiō f (genitive sēlēctiōnis); third declension

The act of choosing out or selecting; selection, choice.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēlēctiō	sēlēctiōnēs
Genitive	sēlēctiōnis	sēlēctiōnum
Dative	sēlēctiōnī	sēlēctiōnibus
Accusative	sēlēctiōnem	sēlēctiōnēs
Ablative	sēlēctiōne	sēlēctiōnibus
Vocative	sēlēctiō	sēlēctiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: selecció
English: selection
French: sélection
→ Galician: selección (learned)
Italian: selezione
Occitan: seleccion
→ Portuguese: seleção (learned), ⇒ selecionar
Romanian: selecție
Russian: селекция (selekcija)
Spanish: selección

References

“selectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“selectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
selectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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