deligo
See also: diligo
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.li.ɡoː/, [ˈd̪eːlʲɪɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.li.ɡo/, [ˈd̪ɛːliɡo]
Etymology 1
editVerb
editdēligō (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
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editdēligō (present infinitive dēligāre, perfect active dēligāvī, supine dēligātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “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[1], 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook