diligens

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.li.ɡens/, [ˈd̪ɪlʲɪɡẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.li.d͡ʒens/, [ˈd̪iːlid͡ʒens]

Participle

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

1. diligent, careful, attentive

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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.

• comparative: dīligentior, superlative: dīligentissimus

Descendants

Descendants of diligens in other languages

• → Catalan: diligent
• → English: diligent
• → French: diligent
• → Galician: dilixente
• → Italian: diligente
• → Portuguese: diligente
• → Romanian: diligent
• → Spanish: diligente

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^[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.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French diligence.

Noun

diligens c

1. stage-coach

Declension

Declension of diligens
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	diligens	diligensen	diligenser	diligenserna
Genitive	diligens	diligensens	diligensers	diligensernas

Further reading

• diligens in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker