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dilectus
dilectus
Latin
Participle
dīlēctus m (feminine dīlēcta, neuter dīlēctum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dīlēctus | dīlēcta | dīlēctum | dīlēctī | dīlēctae | dīlēcta | |
| genitive | dīlēctī | dīlēctae | dīlēctī | dīlēctōrum | dīlēctārum | dīlēctōrum | |
| dative | dīlēctō | dīlēctō | dīlēctīs | ||||
| accusative | dīlēctum | dīlēctam | dīlēctum | dīlēctōs | dīlēctās | dīlēcta | |
| ablative | dīlēctō | dīlēctā | dīlēctō | dīlēctīs | |||
| vocative | dīlēcte | dīlēcta | dīlēctum | dīlēctī | dīlēctae | dīlēcta | |
Etymology 2
Noun
dīlēctus m (genitive dīlēctūs); fourth declension
- levy, draft, conscription,pet
- Caesar dilectum habere instituit.
- enlistment
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīlēctus | dīlēctūs |
| genitive | dīlēctūs | dīlēctuum |
| dative | dīlēctuī | dīlēctibus |
| accusative | dīlēctum | dīlēctūs |
| ablative | dīlēctū | dīlēctibus |
| vocative | dīlēctus | dīlēctūs |
References
- dilectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dilectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dilectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to hold a levy: dilectum habere
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(ambiguous) to hold a levy: dilectum habere
- dilectus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers