delectus
delectus noun: an elementary reader (collection of passages) for learners of a language.
Noun
delectus (plural delectuses)
- An elementary reader (collection of passages) for learners of a language
- If she spoke with any keenness of interest to Mr. Casaubon, he heard her with an air of patience as if she had given a quotation from the Delectus familiar to him from his tender years, and sometimes mentioned curtly what ancient sects or personages had held similar ideas, as if there were too much...1871-2, George Eliot, Middlemarch, volume I, book IV, chapter 37
- I am convinced that for [t]his purpose the best way would be to disregard classical Latin entirely, to use neither Cornelius Nepos, nor Eutropius, nor Cæsar, nor any delectus from them, but to use the Latin Bible, the Vulgate.1872, Matthew Arnold, “General Report for the Year 1872”, in Sir Francis Sanford, editor, Reports on Elementary Schools 1852-1882
delectus meaning in Tamil
delectus in Tamil
- பாடத்திரட்டு
Forms of delectus
| plural | delectuses |
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Origin of delectus
From Latin delectus (“selection”), from deligo (“to select”).
Questions about delectus
- What does delectus mean?
- Delectus means an elementary reader (collection of passages) for learners of a language.
- What is delectus in Tamil?
- Delectus in Tamil is பாடத்திரட்டு. See Delectus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is delectus?
- Delectus is a noun.
- What is the plural of delectus?
- The plural of delectus is delectuses.
Words near delectus in the dictionary
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