indulgeo

== Latin == === Etymology === From in- and an unattested verb *dulgeō, from Proto-Italic *dolɣēō, from Proto-Indo-European *delǵʰ- (“to become fixed”); cognate with Welsh dala (“to catch”), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tulgjan, “to reinforce”), and perhaps Sanskrit दृह् (dṛh, “to make firm”). The initial in- may be, instead of the above, derived from a negated form of an unattested adjectival Proto-Indo-European *n-dlgʰ-ro- (“not hard”), thus giving indulgeō an original meaning of "to not be hard toward" > "to be lenient toward" > "to indulge". This is semantically smoother than if the "in-" were to mean "in". Possibly related to longus, Ancient Greek ἐνδελεχής (endelekhḗs, “continuous”), thus originally with the meaning of "being persistent, patient". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈdʊɫ.ɡe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈdul̠ʲ.d͡ʒe.o] === Verb === indulgeō (present infinitive indulgēre, perfect active indulsī, supine indultum); second conjugation (intransitive) to be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to) (intransitive, transitive) to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), indulge (in) (takes a dative object) (transitive) to concede, allow, grant, permit, bestow to favor ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: ndëjej → English: indulge Italian: indulgere === References === “indulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “indulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “indulgeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. indulgeo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96