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diligo
diligo
See also: deligo
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + legō (“choose; take”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.li.ɡoː/, [ˈdiː.lɪ.ɡoː]
Verb
dīligō (present infinitive dīligere, perfect active dīlēxī, supine dīlēctum); third conjugation
- I esteem, love, have regard for.
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.6
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et faciens misericordiam in millia his qui diligunt me, et custodiunt praecepta mea.
- and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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et faciens misericordiam in millia his qui diligunt me, et custodiunt praecepta mea.
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Descendants
- English: diligent, predilection
References
- diligo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diligo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diligo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to hold a levy: dilectum habere
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(ambiguous) to hold a levy: dilectum habere