diligenter Latin · revision 18122

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diː.lɪˈɡɛn.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [di.liˈd͡ʒɛn.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīligenter''' (comparative dīligentius, superlative dīligentissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|dīligēns|-ter|t1=careful, attentive]], the adverb of that adjective,^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) which is the present participle of [[m|la|dīligō|t=to esteem, love]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD and Wiktionary analyse [[m|la|dīligō]] as ⟨dis-⟩ + [[m|la|legō|t=to choose, gather]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) de Vaan sees no need to connect it with any verb other than “to gather”, which he derives from [[itc-pro|*leg-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''ut hoc … accūrātē agātur, doctē et dīligenter'', “so that this may be done with care, skill and diligence”.^(OLD 2012) Terence has ''cūrāte istam dīligenter virginem'', “take good care of that girl”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Dīligenter'' is “carefully, attentively, scrupulously”, the ordinary sense through Classical Latin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) From Martial on it can also mean “thoroughly, completely, well” (''ō quam … dīligenter errās!'', “oh, how thoroughly mistaken you are!”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''doctē et dīligenter''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''cūrāte istam dīligenter virginem''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial: ''ō quam … dīligenter errās!''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|carefully]], attentively, [[m|en|diligently]], scrupulously.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Thoroughly, completely, well.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīligēns]]

+ * [[dīligentia]]

+ * [[dīligō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}