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diligens
diligens
Latin
Participle
dīligēns m, f, n (genitive dīligentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | dīligēns | dīligentēs | dīligentia | ||
| genitive | dīligentis | dīligentium | |||
| dative | dīligentī | dīligentibus | |||
| accusative | dīligentem | dīligēns | dīligentēs | dīligentia | |
| ablative | dīligente, dīligentī1 | dīligentibus | |||
| vocative | dīligēns | dīligentēs | dīligentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
- comparative: dīligēntior, superlative: dīligēntissimus
References
- diligens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diligens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diligens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- truthful; veracious: veritatis amans, diligens, studiosus
- a conscientious historian: homo in historia diligens
- to be exact in calculating dates: diligentem esse in exquirendis temporibus
- to be pedantic: nimium diligentem esse
- to be exact, punctual in the performance of one's duty: diligentem esse in retinendis officiis
- to be economical: diligentem, frugi esse
- a careful master of the house: diligens paterfamilias
- truthful; veracious: veritatis amans, diligens, studiosus
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.