dilectam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diligo, diligere, dilexi, dilectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
love, hold dear; value/esteem/favor; have special regard for; (milder than amo);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →dilectus, dilecta -um, dilectior -or -us, dilectissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beloved, dear; loved (L+S);
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...uxoris excessum Caenidem, Antoniae libertam et a manu, dilectam quondam sibi revocavit in contubernium, habuitque etiam imperator paene..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...coena tuo sit, precor, illa viro! ergo ego dilectam tantum conviva puellam adspiciam? tangi quem iuvet, alter erit..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...eius non adversus, simul amore, ne sibi unice dilectam ad iniurias relinqueret, "vitae" inquit "delenimenta monstraveram tibi..."
