dilexisti
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);
sg. perf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
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ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...patris tui gesseris, quem non minus quam liberos dilexisti, excepto eo quod non optabas superstitem. Nec scio..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...amantium iratum dividet mare. Igitur, si vere Encolpion dilexisti, da oscula, dum licet, ultimum hoc gaudium fatis properantibus..."