Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English dago, an alteration of diego (Spaniard), from Spanish Diego (common Spanish name).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dego m (invariable)

  1. (sometimes capitalized as Dego) dago

Further reading edit

  • dego in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

de- +‎ ago

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dēgō (present infinitive dēgere, perfect active dēgī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to pass time or spend time
    Synonyms: terō, cōnsūmō, trānsmittō, tollō, eximō, trādūcō, agō
  2. to live
    Synonym: vīvō
  3. to continue, endure

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of dēgō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēgō dēgis dēgit dēgimus dēgitis dēgunt
imperfect dēgēbam dēgēbās dēgēbat dēgēbāmus dēgēbātis dēgēbant
future dēgam dēgēs dēget dēgēmus dēgētis dēgent
perfect dēgī dēgistī dēgit dēgimus dēgistis dēgērunt,
dēgēre
pluperfect dēgeram dēgerās dēgerat dēgerāmus dēgerātis dēgerant
future perfect dēgerō dēgeris dēgerit dēgerimus dēgeritis dēgerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēgam dēgās dēgat dēgāmus dēgātis dēgant
imperfect dēgerem dēgerēs dēgeret dēgerēmus dēgerētis dēgerent
perfect dēgerim dēgerīs dēgerit dēgerīmus dēgerītis dēgerint
pluperfect dēgissem dēgissēs dēgisset dēgissēmus dēgissētis dēgissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēge dēgite
future dēgitō dēgitō dēgitōte dēguntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēgere dēgisse
participles dēgēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēgendī dēgendō dēgendum dēgendō

References edit

  • dego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere
    • to live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning): vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducere
    • to live in poverty, destitution: vitam in egestate degere
    • domestic animals: animalia quae nobiscum degunt (Plin. 8. 40)

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

dei (up, upward) + -go (adverbial suffix)

Adverb edit

dego

  1. upward, up

Alternative forms edit

Antonyms edit

Related terms edit

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈteko/

Preposition edit

dego

  1. like, as, similar to

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland