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diligenter

diligenter

French

Verb

diligenter

  1. To expedite

Conjugation


Latin

Etymology

From dīligēns + -ter, from the present active participle of dīligō (I esteem, I love).

Pronunciation

Adverb

dīligenter (not comparable)

  1. diligently, carefully

Related terms

References

  • diligenter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diligenter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diligenter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...
    • to attend carefully: diligenter attendere (aliquid)
    • after mature deliberation: re diligenter considerata, perpensa
    • to polish, finish a work with the greatest care: perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opus
    • a carefully written book: liber accurate, diligenter scriptus
    • to keep the accounts (day-book) carefully: rationem diligenter conficere
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.