LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

dignor

dignor (present infinitive dignārī, perfect active dignātus sum)

Meaning

  1. deponentto deem worthy (of)
  2. broadlydeponentto deign, think something worthy of oneself (to do)

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dignordignābardignābor———
2nd sg.dignāris
dignāre		dignābāris
dignābāre		dignāberis
dignābere		———
3rd sg.dignāturdignābāturdignābitur———
1st pl.dignāmurdignābāmurdignābimur———
2nd pl.dignāminīdignābāminīdignābiminī———
3rd pl.dignanturdignābanturdignābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dignerdignārer——
2nd sg.dignēris
dignēre		dignārēris
dignārēre		——
3rd sg.dignēturdignārētur——
1st pl.dignēmurdignārēmur——
2nd pl.dignēminīdignārēminī——
3rd pl.dignenturdignārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dignāre—
pres. 2nd pl.dignāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.dignātor—
fut. 3rd sg.dignātor—
fut. 3rd pl.dignantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedignārī—
perfect infinitivedignātum esse—
future infinitivedignātūrum esse—
present participledignāns—
perfect participledignātus—
future participledignātūrusdignandus
gerunddignandī, dignandō, dignandumsupinedignātum, dignātū

dignor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. a. [dignus], to deem worthy or deserving (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
(a). Aliquem aliqua re: haud equidem tali me dignor honore, Verg. A. 1, 335; so, aliquem honore, Ov. M. 1, 194; 3, 521; Suet. Vesp. 2 fin. al.: te alio funere, Verg. A. 11, 169: hunc mensa, cubili (dea), id. E. 4, 63: aliquem non sermone, non visu, Tac. A. 4, 74 fin.: libellum veniā, Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 51; id. Pont. 1, 8, 9 al.—
(b). With inf. as object, like the Gr. ἀξιῶ and ἀξιοῦμαι, to regard as fit, becoming, worthy of one's self, to deign; and with a negative, not to deign, to disdain: jam nemo suspicere in caeli dignatur lucida templa, Lucr. 2, 1039; so with a neg., * Cat. 64, 407; Verg. A. 10, 732; 866; 12 464; Ov. M. 10, 158; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 40; Suet. Ner. 22; id. Vesp. 13 al.—Affirmatively: quos eximia specie donare natura dignata est, Curt. 6, 5, 29: cui se pulcra viro dignetur jungere Dido, Verg. A. 4, 192; id. E. 6, 1; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 37; id. F. 4, 540; id. Tr. 4, 1, 52; Suet. Vesp. 7; Sen. Contr. 4, 28, 9: si digneris audire, Vulg. Judith, 5, 5.—
(g). With double acc.: o felix si quem dignabitur, inquit, ista virum, will hold worthy to be her husband, Ov. M. 8, 326; so, regem nostrum filium, Curt. 6, 10, 28.—
(d). Ellipt. with one acc. (the inf. to be supplied from the context): orant succedere muris Dignarique domos (sc. visere), Stat. Th. 12, 785: nullo Macedonum dignante Parthorum imperium, Just. 41, 4.—Hence, dignanter, adv., courteously, with complaisance (post-class. and very rare): loquentem dignanter audite, Vop. Tac. 8: impertire, Symm. Ep. 5, 63.— Sup. Auct. Itin. Alex. 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-no
  3. Proto-Italic*dek-no-
  4. Latindignor

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dignō ▲ Latin -or Latin dignor From dignō + -or.

In English words that came into English from dignor

  • indignantindignāns

Quick answers

What does dignor mean in Latin?
dignor, a verb, means “to deem worthy (of); to deign, think something worthy of oneself (to do)”.
What are the principal parts of dignor?
dignor, dignārī, dignātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
Where does dignor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-no → Proto-Italic *dek-no- → Latin dignor.