A.choice, selection, “τῶν ἀρχόντων” Pl.R.414a, 536c; “ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι” Id.Lg.802b; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] Arist.EN1181a18; “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., κριθῶν Lex Attica ap.Ath.6.235c; “χρημάτων” D.C.42.6; σίτου Cratesap.Ath. 6.235b.
5. balancing of accounts, PRyl.157.6 (ii A.D.).
2. choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or 'Elegant Extracts' of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of A., Gal.14.343.