diligo

See also: deligo

Italian

Verb

diligo

1. first-person singular present indicative of diligere

Anagrams

• ligodi

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.li.ɡoː/, [ˈd̪iːlʲɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.li.ɡo/, [ˈd̪iːliɡo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīligere	dīlēxisse	dīlēctūrum esse	dīligī	dīlēctum esse	dīlēctum īrī
participles		dīligēns	—	dīlēctūrus	—	dīlēctus	dīligendus, dīligundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīligendī	dīligendō	dīligendum	dīligendō	dīlēctum	dīlēctū

Derived terms

• dīlēctiō
• dīlēctor
• dīlēctus
• dīligēns
• dīligenter
• dīligentia
• dīligibilis
• praedīligō

 

Related terms

• allegō
• colligō
• ēligō
• intellegō
• legō
• neglegō
• perlegō
• praelegō
• relegō
• sēligō
• sublegō

 

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