noun · femininefirst declension
dīligentia
dīligentia f (genitive dīligentiae)
Meaning
- diligence, care, attentiveness, discipline
- economy, frugality, thrift
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīligentia | dīligentiae |
| genitive | dīligentiae | dīligentiārum |
| dative | dīligentiae | dīligentiīs |
| accusative | dīligentiam | dīligentiās |
| ablative | dīligentiā | dīligentiīs |
| vocative | dīligentia | dīligentiae |
dīlĭgentĭa, ae, f. diligens,
I. carefulness, attentiveness, earnestness, diligence (freq. and class.; cf.: labor, aerumna, opera, industria, assiduitas, sedulitas, studium, cura).
I. In gen.: reliqua sunt in cura, attentione animi, cogitatione, vigilantia, assiduitate, labore;
complectar uno verbo, quo saepe jam usi sumus, diligentia, qua una virtute omnes virtutes reliquae continentur, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 150 (v. the whole chapter in connection). (a). With praepp.:
pro mea summa in re publica diligentia, Cic. Mur. 40, 86: in controversia, id. Att. 2, 15, 4: in verbis, Quint. 4, 2, 117: diligentia tua in retractandis operibus, Plin. Ep. 9, 35, 2: circa proprietatem, Quint. 8, 3, 87: circa istum lacum, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 62: erga pecuniam alienam, Tac. A. 4, 20: diligentiam adhibere ad rem, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3: in rem, id. ib. 16, 6, 1; 16, 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 16, 4, 4.—(b). Absol., Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 6; id. Rud. 3, 5, 40; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 21; Cic. Planc. 4, 9; id. Att. 2, 15 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; id. Rep. 1, 22 fin.; id. Lael. 16, 60 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; 3, 20, 1 et saep.:
obscura, Ter. And. prol. 21; cf. inanis, Quint. 5, 11, 30: nimium sollicita, id. 3, 11, 22; 12, 1, 6: sinistra, Plin. Ep. 7, 28 fin.—(g). Rarely with gen.: sacrorum, the care of, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 14; cf.:
dignitatis commoditatisque, id. Off. 1, 39: mandatorum tuorum, id. Top. 1 fin.: tenuis illa divisionis, Quint. 4, 5, 6: nostri, i. e. affection for us, Symm. Ep. 1, 41: Ecclesiae Dei, Vulg. 1 Tim. 3, 5.—II. In partic., carefulness in household affairs, i. e. economy, frugality, Cic. Off. 2, 24 fin.; Auct. Her. 4, 22, 25; Suet. Galb. 12 fin.— Plur. (very rare):
maritorum inefficaces diligentiae, precautions, App. M. 9, p. 224, 17.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dīligentia ae, f
diligens, attentiveness, earnestness, diligence, industry, assiduity, care, faithfulness : non mediocrem diligentiam adhibere, Cs.: summa in re p.: erga pecuniam, Ta.: vostra, T.: quā diligentiā fuerit!: nihil de diligentiā remittere: dignitatis, regard for.—Economy, frugality : res familiaris debet conservari diligentiā.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dīligentia From dīligēns (“diligent, careful, attentive”) + -ia.
Descendants
- Catalandiligència
- Frenchdiligence
- Englishdiligencefrom French diligence
- Italiandiligenza
- Portuguesediligência
- Romaniandiligență
- Spanishdiligencia
- Dutchdiligencefrom French diligence
- Persianدلیجانfrom French diligence