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(v. a.P. a.adv.) : dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a.2. lego. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen.
* To value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).
* Prop.: nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.: satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.: te in germani fratris dilexi loco,Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.: diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.
* Transf.
* Of inanimate objects: fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,Cic. Balb. 28; cf.: Caesaris consilia in re publica,id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.: benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,id. Att. 12, 34 fin.: aviae memoriam,Suet. Vesp. 2: auream mediocritatem,Hor. C. 2, 10, 6: Cypron,id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep.
* Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect: montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq.—*
* With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing: pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence
* Dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).
* In gen.
* With praepp.: qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62: in exquirendis temporibus,id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.: in ostentis animadvertendis,id. Div. 1, 42 fin.: in compositione,id. Quint. 10, 1, 79: in philosophia,id. ib. 129: in eloquendo,id. ib. 63: in symmetria,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.: ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so, ad reportandum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6: ad cetera,Quint. 1, 1, 7: diligentes circa hoc,Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56: circa aerarium,Eutr. 8, 7.
* Transf., of inanimate subjects: assidua ac diligens scriptura,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.: diligentior notitia,Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84: stilus,Tac. Or. 39: remedia,Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.
* In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.): homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf. opp. negligens,ib. 4, 13, 8; and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,Auct. Her. 4, 34: cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),Quint. 9, 3, 65: ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently: accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.—Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.—Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.
* Absol.: experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.; for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.
* Dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.: pueri dilecti Superis,Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.—Absol.: luce mihi carior dilectior fili,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.—Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ὁ ἐρώμενος, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.
* To value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).
* Prop.: nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.: satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.: te in germani fratris dilexi loco,Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.: diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.
* Transf.
* Of inanimate objects: fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,Cic. Balb. 28; cf.: Caesaris consilia in re publica,id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.: benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,id. Att. 12, 34 fin.: aviae memoriam,Suet. Vesp. 2: auream mediocritatem,Hor. C. 2, 10, 6: Cypron,id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep.
* Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect: montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq.—*
* With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing: pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence
* Dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).
* In gen.
* With praepp.: qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62: in exquirendis temporibus,id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.: in ostentis animadvertendis,id. Div. 1, 42 fin.: in compositione,id. Quint. 10, 1, 79: in philosophia,id. ib. 129: in eloquendo,id. ib. 63: in symmetria,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.: ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so, ad reportandum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6: ad cetera,Quint. 1, 1, 7: diligentes circa hoc,Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56: circa aerarium,Eutr. 8, 7.
* Transf., of inanimate subjects: assidua ac diligens scriptura,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.: diligentior notitia,Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84: stilus,Tac. Or. 39: remedia,Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.
* In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.): homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf. opp. negligens,ib. 4, 13, 8; and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,Auct. Her. 4, 34: cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),Quint. 9, 3, 65: ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently: accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.—Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.—Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.
* Absol.: experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.; for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.
* Dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.: pueri dilecti Superis,Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.—Absol.: luce mihi carior dilectior fili,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.—Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ὁ ἐρώμενος, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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