diligens

Latin edit

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

dīligēns (genitive dīligentis, comparative dīligentior, superlative dīligentissimus, adverb dīligenter); third-declension one-termination participle

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
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 of diligens in other languages

“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^[1], 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
Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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