sedulus

== Latin == === Etymology === From sedeō. Compare with the similar senses in assiduus. Others refer it to sē- (“without, apart from”) +‎ dolus (“deceit, guile”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseː.dʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.du.lus] === Adjective === sēdulus (feminine sēdula, neuter sēdulum, adverb sēdulō); first/second-declension adjective diligent, industrious, zealous, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, ācer, intentus, cupidus, aspīrāns ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== sēdulē sēdulitās sēdulō ==== Descendants ==== → English: sedulous → Italian: sedulo (literary, rare) → Portuguese: sédulo === References === “sedulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sedulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sedulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.