pick out
pick out:
I. To remove by picking: ēlĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3: to p. lice out from the heads (of poultry), pedes e capite e., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, post med. See alsoTO PLUCK OUT .
II. To choose out: ēlĭgo, 3: to p. out (the best) grapes for eating, uvam ad edendum e., ib. 1, 54: to p. out (choose) any one you choose out of three, de tribus e. quem velis, Cic. Ph. 10, 2, 5: cf. Tac. Agr. 9, haud semper errat fama, aliquando et eligit, i. e. it picks out the very man. In same sense, lĕgo: to p. out all the finest (seeds) with the hand, maxima quaeque manu legere, Virg. G. 1, 199: Cic.: v.TO CHOOSE , SELECT ; also, PICKED .
I. To remove by picking: ēlĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3: to p. lice out from the heads (of poultry), pedes e capite e., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, post med. See also
II. To choose out: ēlĭgo, 3: to p. out (the best) grapes for eating, uvam ad edendum e., ib. 1, 54: to p. out (choose) any one you choose out of three, de tribus e. quem velis, Cic. Ph. 10, 2, 5: cf. Tac. Agr. 9, haud semper errat fama, aliquando et eligit, i. e. it picks out the very man. In same sense, lĕgo: to p. out all the finest (seeds) with the hand, maxima quaeque manu legere, Virg. G. 1, 199: Cic.: v.