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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la legō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdiː.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdiː.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dīligō''' (present infinitive dīligere, perfect active dīlēxī, supine dīlēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dis-|t=apart]] and [[legō]] “to choose”: to single out, value.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary also mentions the prefix in the sense “exceedingly” with an unrelated Proto-Italic *legō “to care”.^(Wiktionary) Inscriptions spell it ⟨deilexit⟩.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus, of loving.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to love, hold dear, as in Plautus, and, as a milder feeling than [[amō]], to esteem, value, have a special regard for, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gaffiot explains it as love based on choice and reflection.^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein says ''dīligere'' is love arising from esteem, ''amāre'' love arising from inclination.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to love, prize, esteem.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|diligent]] comes from its participle ''dīligēns'' “attentive, careful” in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of loving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of esteem.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''diligent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|love]], hold dear.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To esteem, value.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dīlēctiō]]
+ * [[dīlector]]
+ * [[dīligentia]]
+ * [[diligibilis]]
+ * [[indīligēns]]
+ * [[perdīligens]]
+ * [[dīligenter]]
+ * [[dīlēctus]]
+ * [[dīligēns]]
+ * [[praedīligō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[allegō]]
+ * [[colligō]]
+ * [[ēligō]]
+ * [[intellegō]]
+ * [[legō]]
+ * [[neglegō]]
+ * [[perlegō]]
+ * [[praelegō]]
+ * [[relegō]]
+ * [[sēligō]]
+ * [[amō]]
+ * [[en|diligent]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}