dilectis
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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. 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);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →dilectus, dilecti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
favorite; pet;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...scelus haud umquam fatis haerere putauit, 35sic se dilecti tumulum quoque perdere Magni.te mixto flesset luctu iuuenisque senexqueiniussusque..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...LXXXV Iam senior Ladon Tiberinae nauta carinae Proxima dilectis rura paravit aquis. Quae cum saepe vagus premeret torrentibus..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...amorem exuere conatur evitanda est omnis admonitio dilecti corporis - nihil enim facilius quam amor recrudescit -, ita qui deponere..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Silanum minoris sponsum. Ex quibus Pompeius in concubitu dilecti adulescentuli confossus est, Silanus abdicare se praetura ante IIII..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uenerat hos inter fato Calydonius Hopleus Maenaliusque Dymas, dilecti regibus ambo, regum ambo comites, quorum post funera maesti..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...extantia ducunt spicula semianimes, gemituque imitante querelas saucia dilectis adclinant pectora muris. templa putes urbemque rapi facibusque nefandis..."
