verbthird conjugation
dīgerō
dīgerō (present infinitive dīgerere, perfect active dīgessī, supine dīgestum)
Classical[ˈdiː.ɡɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.d͡ʒe.ro]
Meaning
- to distribute, disseminate
- to spread, branch out, disperse
- to arrange, organize, classify; digest
Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]
But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations […]412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 15.8
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
in ōrdinem dispōnōdīgerō -ere, -gessī — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 12
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīgerō | dīgerēbam | dīgeram | dīgessī | dīgesseram | dīgesserō |
| 2nd sg. | dīgeris | dīgerēbās | dīgerēs | dīgessistī | dīgesserās | dīgesseris |
| 3rd sg. | dīgerit | dīgerēbat | dīgeret | dīgessit | dīgesserat | dīgesserit |
| 1st pl. | dīgerimus | dīgerēbāmus | dīgerēmus | dīgessimus | dīgesserāmus | dīgesserimus |
| 2nd pl. | dīgeritis | dīgerēbātis | dīgerētis | dīgessistis | dīgesserātis | dīgesseritis |
| 3rd pl. | dīgerunt | dīgerēbant | dīgerent | dīgessērunt dīgessēre | dīgesserant | dīgesserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīgeram | dīgererem | dīgesserim | dīgessissem |
| 2nd sg. | dīgerās | dīgererēs | dīgesserīs | dīgessissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dīgerat | dīgereret | dīgesserit | dīgessisset |
| 1st pl. | dīgerāmus | dīgererēmus | dīgesserīmus | dīgessissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dīgerātis | dīgererētis | dīgesserītis | dīgessissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dīgerant | dīgererent | dīgesserint | dīgessissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīgeror | dīgerēbar | dīgerar |
| 2nd sg. | dīgereris dīgerere | dīgerēbāris dīgerēbāre | dīgerēris dīgerēre |
| 3rd sg. | dīgeritur | dīgerēbātur | dīgerētur |
| 1st pl. | dīgerimur | dīgerēbāmur | dīgerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dīgeriminī | dīgerēbāminī | dīgerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dīgeruntur | dīgerēbantur | dīgerentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīgerar | dīgererer |
| 2nd sg. | dīgerāris dīgerāre | dīgererēris dīgererēre |
| 3rd sg. | dīgerātur | dīgererētur |
| 1st pl. | dīgerāmur | dīgererēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dīgerāminī | dīgererēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dīgerantur | dīgererentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dīgere | dīgerere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dīgerite | dīgeriminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dīgeritō | dīgeritor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dīgeritō | dīgeritor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dīgeritōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dīgeruntō | dīgeruntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dīgerere | dīgerī |
| perfect infinitive | dīgessisse | dīgestum esse |
| future infinitive | dīgestūrum esse | dīgestum īrī |
| present participle | dīgerēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dīgestus dīgesta, dīgestā, dīgestae, dīgestam, dīgestārum, dīgestās, dīgeste, dīgestī, dīgestīs, dīgestō, dīgestōrum, dīgestōs |
| future participle | dīgestūrus dīgestūra, dīgestūrā, dīgestūrae, dīgestūram, dīgestūrārum, dīgestūrās, dīgestūre, dīgestūrī, dīgestūrīs, dīgestūrō, dīgestūrōrum, dīgestūrōs, dīgestūrum | dīgerendus dīgerundus, dīgerenda, dīgerendā, dīgerendae, dīgerendam, dīgerendārum, dīgerendās, dīgerende, dīgerendīs, dīgerendōrum, dīgerendōs |
gerunddīgerendī, dīgerendō, dīgerendumsupinedīgestum, dīgestū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- res componere ac digerere
- to arrange and divide the subject-matter.
- ad litteram or litterarum ordine digerere
- to arrange in alphabetical order.
dī-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3,
I. v. a., to force apart, separate, divide, distribute (cf.: dispono, distribuo, divido, dispenso, ordino, compono).
I. Lit.
A. Ingen. (so mostly post-Aug.):
(insulae) interdum discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque), Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf. nubes (opp. congregare), Sen. Q. N. 7, 22: nimbos, Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9: digesti colores, Ov. F. 5, 213: stercoris pars in prata digerenda, Col. 11, 2, 18: radix digesta, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161: inque canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno Cerberus, divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: Nilus septem in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for which, septem discretus in ostia Nilus, id. ib. 5, 324): Crete centum per urbes, id. H. 10, 67: populus Romanus in classes (coupled with distributus), Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.—Poet.: (augur Thestorides) novem volucres in belli digerit annos, i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—B. In partic.
1. (Post-Aug.): cibum, to cut up, divide:
(dentes) qui digerunt cibum, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; and still more freq., like the class. concoquere, to digest, Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—2. In medic. lang., to dissolve, dissipate morbid matter, Cels. 5, 18 (twice); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and class.,
3. With the accessory notion of arrangement, to distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order:
quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9: capillos, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. poet. 10, 165; cf.: crines ordine, Mart. 3, 63: asparagum, to plant in regular rows, Cato R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267: bibliothecam, to arrange, Suet. Caes. 44: carmina in numerum, Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).II. Trop.
A. In gen., to distribute (rare and not ante-Aug.):
quam meruit solus poenam digessit in omnes, Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.: mala per annos longos, id. Pont. 1, 4, 9: tempora, id. F. 1, 27; cf.: annum in totidem species, Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and class., B. In partic., to arrange, set in order, distribute:
mandata, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3: quaestiones, Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.: reliquos usus ejus suo loco, to relate in order, Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.: omina, interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. above, no. I. A. fin.): post descripte et electe in genus quodque causae, quid cuique conveniat, ex hac copia digeremus, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186: omne jus civile in genera, id. ib. 1, 42, 190: commentarios in libros, Quint. 10, 7, 30: res in ordinem, id. ib. 7 prooem. § 1: argumenta in digitos, id. 11, 3, 114: commentarium per genera usus sui, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. clause: nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non modo rerum sed etiam auctorum digerere possis, Liv. 2, 21, 4: senium, digest, i. e. endure, Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. γῆρας ἕψειν, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—C. To consider maturely (late Lat.):
consilium, Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—D. To exercise (for health): si satis valet, gestando aegrum, digerere;
si parum, intra domum tamen dimovere, Cels. 4, 7, 4: ne imbecillum hominem nimis digerant, id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a. A. (Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a good digestion: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med.—
B. (Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a name given to a collection of writings distributed under certain heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's code of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.—Sing.:
digestum Lucae, the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dī-gerō gessī, gestus, ere,
to force apart, separate, divide, distribute: In canes totidem digestus Cerberus, O.: Nilus septem in cornua, O.—Poet.: novem volucrīs in belli digerit annos, i. e. interprets to mean years, O.—To distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order: quas (tabulas): nomina in codicem: capillos, O.: carmina in numerum, V. —Fig., to distribute: poenam in omnīs, O.: tempora, O.: annum in totidem species, Ta.—To arrange, set in order, distribute: rem p. bene: mandata: omina, interprets: ius civile in genera: quid quoque anno actum sit, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Italic *gezō Latin gerere Latin dīgerō From dis- + gerere.
Descendants
- Catalandigerir
- Englishdigest
- Frenchdigérer
- Italiandigerire
- Portuguesedigerir
- Spanishdigerir
- Asturiandixerir
- Galiciandixerir