diligens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dīligō (“esteem, love”)

Pronunciation

Participle

dīligēns (genitive dīligentis, comparative dīligentior, superlative dīligentissimus, adverb dīligenter)Category:Latin non-lemma forms#DILIGENSCategory:Latin participles#DILIGENSCategory:Latin present participles#DILIGENSCategory:Latin third declension participles#DILIGENSCategory:Latin third declension participles of one termination#DILIGENSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DILIGENSCategory:Pages with entries#DILIGENSCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DILIGENS; third-declension one-termination participle

  1. diligent, careful, attentive

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative dīligēns dīligentēs dīligentia
genitive dīligentis dīligentium
dative dīligentī dīligentibus
accusative dīligentem dīligēns dīligentēs
dīligentīs		 dīligentia
ablative dīligente
dīligentī1		 dīligentibus
vocative dīligēns dīligentēs dīligentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

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
  • “diligens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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
    Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#DILIGENSCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#DILIGENS diligence.

Noun

diligens cCategory:Swedish lemmas#DILIGENSCategory:Swedish nouns#DILIGENSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DILIGENSCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#DILIGENSCategory:Pages with entries#DILIGENSCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DILIGENS

  1. stage-coach

Declension

Further reading

  • “diligens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Category:sv:Vehicles#DILIGENS
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