digero

digero

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ gerere.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ɡe.roː/, [ˈd̪iːɡɛroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.d͡ʒe.ro/, [ˈd̪iːd͡ʒero]

Verb

dīgerō (present infinitive dīgerere, perfect active dīgessī, supine dīgestum); third conjugation

1. I distribute, disseminate
2. I spread, branch out, disperse
3. I arrange, organize, classify; digest
   • 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 15.8:

     Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]

     But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīgerō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīgerō	dīgeris	dīgerit	dīgerimus	dīgeritis	dīgerunt
	imperfect	dīgerēbam	dīgerēbās	dīgerēbat	dīgerēbāmus	dīgerēbātis	dīgerēbant
	future	dīgeram	dīgerēs	dīgeret	dīgerēmus	dīgerētis	dīgerent
	perfect	dīgessī	dīgessistī	dīgessit	dīgessimus	dīgessistis	dīgessērunt, dīgessēre
	pluperfect	dīgesseram	dīgesserās	dīgesserat	dīgesserāmus	dīgesserātis	dīgesserant
	future perfect	dīgesserō	dīgesseris	dīgesserit	dīgesserimus	dīgesseritis	dīgesserint
passive	present	dīgeror	dīgereris, dīgerere	dīgeritur	dīgerimur	dīgeriminī	dīgeruntur
	imperfect	dīgerēbar	dīgerēbāris, dīgerēbāre	dīgerēbātur	dīgerēbāmur	dīgerēbāminī	dīgerēbantur
	future	dīgerar	dīgerēris, dīgerēre	dīgerētur	dīgerēmur	dīgerēminī	dīgerentur
	perfect	dīgestus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīgestus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīgestus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīgeram	dīgerās	dīgerat	dīgerāmus	dīgerātis	dīgerant
	imperfect	dīgererem	dīgererēs	dīgereret	dīgererēmus	dīgererētis	dīgererent
	perfect	dīgesserim	dīgesserīs	dīgesserit	dīgesserīmus	dīgesserītis	dīgesserint
	pluperfect	dīgessissem	dīgessissēs	dīgessisset	dīgessissēmus	dīgessissētis	dīgessissent
passive	present	dīgerar	dīgerāris, dīgerāre	dīgerātur	dīgerāmur	dīgerāminī	dīgerantur
	imperfect	dīgererer	dīgererēris, dīgererēre	dīgererētur	dīgererēmur	dīgererēminī	dīgererentur
	perfect	dīgestus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīgestus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dīgere	—	—	dīgerite	—
	future	—	dīgeritō	dīgeritō	—	dīgeritōte	dīgeruntō
passive	present	—	dīgerere	—	—	dīgeriminī	—
	future	—	dīgeritor	dīgeritor	—	—	dīgeruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīgerere	dīgessisse	dīgestūrum esse	dīgerī	dīgestum esse	dīgestum īrī
participles		dīgerēns	—	dīgestūrus	—	dīgestus	dīgerendus, dīgerundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīgerendī	dīgerendō	dīgerendum	dīgerendō	dīgestum	dīgestū

References

• “digero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “digero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• digero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to arrange and divide the subject-matter: res componere ac digerere
    
  • to arrange in alphabetical order: ad litteram or litterarum ordine digerere
    
• digero in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016