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
- G
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..." - P
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..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...eius non adversus, simul amore, ne sibi unice dilectam ad iniurias relinqueret, "vitae" inquit "delenimenta monstraveram tibi..."
