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},
"expansion": "dīligō (“I esteem, love, select”) + -tus (action noun suffix), literally “selection”",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From dīligō (“I esteem, love, select”) + -tus (action noun suffix), literally “selection”.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dīlēctus",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctūs",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctuum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctuī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctū",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīlēctūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dīlēctus<4>"
},
"expansion": "dīlēctus m (genitive dīlēctūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dīlēctus<4>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"selection, choice, distinction"
],
"links": [
[
"selection",
"selection"
],
[
"choice",
"choice"
],
[
"distinction",
"distinction"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Caesar, expecting for many reasons a greater commotion in Gaul, resolves to hold a levy by the means of M. Silanus C. Antistius Reginus, and T. Sextius, his lieutenants. (Caesar, De bello gallico, VI 1)",
"text": "Multis de causis Caesar maiorem Galliae motum expectans per Marcum Silanum, Gaium Antistium Reginum, Titum Sextium legatos dilectum habere instituit",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"levy, draft, conscription"
],
"links": [
[
"levy",
"levy"
],
[
"draft",
"draft"
],
[
"conscription",
"conscription"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"enlistment"
],
"links": [
[
"enlistment",
"enlistment"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
}
],
"word": "dilectus"
}
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