Italian

Verb

dirigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dirigere

Anagrams

• rigido, rigodi

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ regō ‎(“I rule, govern”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ri.ɡoː/, [ˈdiː.rɪ.ɡoː]

Verb

dīrigō ‎(present infinitive dīrigere, perfect active dīrexī, supine dīrectum); third conjugation

1. I lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts)
2. I direct, steer
3. I distribute, scatter

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• dirigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dirigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dirigo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to journey towards a place: iter aliquo dirigere, intendere
    
  • to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion: dirigere or referre aliquid ad aliquam rem
    
  • to set one's course for a place: cursum dirigere aliquo