diligens

Latin

Etymology

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

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.

Descendants
Descendants of diligens in other languages

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
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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