diligens

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

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

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

1. diligent, careful, attentive

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• comparative: dīligentior, superlative: dīligentissimus

• “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.