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deligo
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See also: diligo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.lɪ.ɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.li.ɡo]
Etymology 1
Verb
dēligō (present infinitive dēligere, perfect active dēlēgī, supine dēlēctum); third conjugation
- to pick off, pluck off; to cull
- to choose or select
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.16:
- et locum castris deligit paludibus silvisque munitum
- and selects for the camp a place defended by marshes and woods
- et locum castris deligit paludibus silvisque munitum
- to enroll, levy
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
dēligō (present infinitive dēligāre, perfect active dēligāvī, supine dēligātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
References
- “deligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “deligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to choose a career, profession: genus vitae (vivendi) or aetatis degendae deligere
- to bind to the stake: ad palum deligare (Liv. 2. 5)
- to choose suitable ground for an engagement: locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere
- to make fast boats to anchors: naves ad ancoras deligare (B. G. 4. 29)
- to ride at anchor: ad ancoras deligari
- to choose a career, profession: genus vitae (vivendi) or aetatis degendae deligere
- deligo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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