diligo

See also: deligo

Italian

Verb

diligo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diligere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (“apart, asunder”) +‎ legō (“to choose, to take”), or from dis- (“utterly, exceedingly”) +‎ Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dīligō (present infinitive dīligere, perfect active dīlēxī, supine dīlēctum); third conjugation

  1. to esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something)
    Synonym: amō
    Antonyms: exsecror, abhorreō, abōminor, dēspuō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.6:
      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.
  2. to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to distinguish (something) by selecting it from among others

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dīligō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīligō dīligis dīligit dīligimus dīligitis dīligunt
imperfect dīligēbam dīligēbās dīligēbat dīligēbāmus dīligēbātis dīligēbant
future dīligam dīligēs dīliget dīligēmus dīligētis dīligent
perfect dīlēxī dīlēxistī dīlēxit dīlēximus dīlēxistis dīlēxērunt,
dīlēxēre
pluperfect dīlēxeram dīlēxerās dīlēxerat dīlēxerāmus dīlēxerātis dīlēxerant
future perfect dīlēxerō dīlēxeris dīlēxerit dīlēxerimus dīlēxeritis dīlēxerint
passive present dīligor dīligeris,
dīligere 		dīligitur dīligimur dīligiminī dīliguntur
imperfect dīligēbar dīligēbāris,
dīligēbāre 		dīligēbātur dīligēbāmur dīligēbāminī dīligēbantur
future dīligar dīligēris,
dīligēre 		dīligētur dīligēmur dīligēminī dīligentur
perfect dīlēctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīlēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīlēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīligam dīligās dīligat dīligāmus dīligātis dīligant
imperfect dīligerem dīligerēs dīligeret dīligerēmus dīligerētis dīligerent
perfect dīlēxerim dīlēxerīs dīlēxerit dīlēxerīmus dīlēxerītis dīlēxerint
pluperfect dīlēxissem dīlēxissēs dīlēxisset dīlēxissēmus dīlēxissētis dīlēxissent
passive present dīligar dīligāris,
dīligāre 		dīligātur dīligāmur dīligāminī dīligantur
imperfect dīligerer dīligerēris,
dīligerēre 		dīligerētur dīligerēmur dīligerēminī dīligerentur
perfect dīlēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīlēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dīlige — — dīligite —
future — dīligitō dīligitō — dīligitōte dīliguntō
passive present — dīligere — — dīligiminī —
future — dīligitor dīligitor — — dīliguntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dīligere dīligī dīligēns —
future dīlēctūrum esse dīlēctum īrī dīlēctūrus dīligendus,
dīligundus
perfect dīlēxisse dīlēctum esse — dīlēctus
future perfect — dīlēctum fore — —
perfect potential dīlēctūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīligendī dīligendō dīligendum dīligendō dīlēctum dīlēctū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: diligere
  • → Old Spanish: diligir

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
  • diligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to hold a levy: dilectum habere
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