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dilectu

dilectu is a Latin form of diligo, meaning “love, value, esteem, be fond of”.

It can also be a form of delectus, “choice; levy, recruiting (of troops)”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or supine dative singular neuter.

Found 90 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.1.4: Quod cum Pompeius et rei publicae et amicitiae tribuisset, celeriter confecto per suos dilectu tribus ante exactam hiemem et constitutis et adductis legionibus duplicatoque earum cohortium numero, quas cu …

All forms of diligo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.