diligens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of dīligō (“esteem, love”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɪ.lɪ.ɡẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.li.d͡ʒens] === Participle === dīligēns (genitive dīligentis, comparative dīligentior, superlative dīligentissimus, adverb dīligenter); third-declension one-termination participle diligent, careful, attentive ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. comparative: dīligentior, superlative: dīligentissimus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “diligens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “diligens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “diligens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French diligence. === Noun === diligens c stage-coach ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “diligens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)