dīgnus, dīgna, dīgnum

Definitions for dīgnus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
+abl, worthy, worthy of
English derivatives:
dignify dignity from dignitās deign disdain dainty

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Appropriate, suitable, worthy. (b) (impers.). (c) (neut. as sb.).
2
Deserving, worthy, meriting. (b) (as sb.).
3
(w. abl. or gen.) Worth.

Sentences with dīgnus

Latin to English

Lais anus Veneri speculum dedico; dignum habeat se aeterna aeternum forma ministerium. at mihi nullus in hoc usus, quia cernere talem, qualis sum, nolo, qualis eram, nequeo. (De Laide dicante Veneri speculum suum. Epigrammata, LXV)Compare I, the aged Lais, dedicate my mirror to Venus; let eternal beauty receive the eternal tribute it deserves. The mirror is no longer of any use to me, for I do not want to see myself as I am, and I cannot see myself as I was.

Totus negotium non sum dignus vis noster.Compare The whole affair is not worthy of my strength.

Is reminiscor, qui dignus tuus persona sum.Compare Recollect those things which are worthy of your character.

Unus ob hic factum dignus ille omnis poena puto.Compare For this one deed I count him deserving of every punishment.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 542.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

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Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "dīgnus, dīgna, dīgnum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 22, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/dignus-digna-dignum.