dignus
Latin
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Italic *deknos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nós, from *deḱ- (“to take”). Cognate to Latin decus and decet, discō, doceō, Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dékhomai).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdiɡ.nus/, [ˈd̪ɪŋnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdiɲ.ɲus/, [ˈd̪iɲːus]
Adjective
editdignus (feminine digna, neuter dignum, comparative dignior, superlative dignissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming
- Vere dignum et justum est... - "It is truly right and just..." (from the Preface of the Roman Liturgy)
- (with ablative) worthy of
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.25:
- Accidit [...] quod dignum memoria visum
- happened [...] a circumstance worthy of record
- Accidit [...] quod dignum memoria visum
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | dignus | digna | dignum | dignī | dignae | digna | |
Genitive | dignī | dignae | dignī | dignōrum | dignārum | dignōrum | |
Dative | dignō | dignō | dignīs | ||||
Accusative | dignum | dignam | dignum | dignōs | dignās | digna | |
Ablative | dignō | dignā | dignō | dignīs | |||
Vocative | digne | digna | dignum | dignī | dignae | digna |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “dignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dignus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “dignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dignus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dignus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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