dileximus
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);
pl. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...duravitque domus tota prosperitas, quamdiu pariter fruebamur, pariter dileximus, quamdiu civitas de nobis hoc solum poterat loqui, filium..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...fruitur, sed longis magnisque experimentis. Una diligimus, una dileximus omnes fere quos aetas nostra in utroque sexu aemulandos..."