sedulus
Latin
Etymology
From sedeō. Confer with the similar senses in assiduus. Others refer it to sē- (“without, apart from”) + dolus (“deceit, guile”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.du.lus/, [ˈs̠eːd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.du.lus/, [ˈsɛːd̪ulus]
Adjective
sēdulus (feminine sēdula, neuter sēdulum, adverb sēdulō); first/second-declension adjective
- diligent, industrious, zealous, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous
- Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, ācer, intentus, cupidus, aspīrāns
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sēdulus | sēdula | sēdulum | sēdulī | sēdulae | sēdula | |
| Genitive | sēdulī | sēdulae | sēdulī | sēdulōrum | sēdulārum | sēdulōrum | |
| Dative | sēdulō | sēdulō | sēdulīs | ||||
| Accusative | sēdulum | sēdulam | sēdulum | sēdulōs | sēdulās | sēdula | |
| Ablative | sēdulō | sēdulā | sēdulō | sēdulīs | |||
| Vocative | sēdule | sēdula | sēdulum | sēdulī | sēdulae | sēdula | |
Derived terms
- sēdulē
- sēdulitās
- sēdulō
Descendants
- → English: sedulous
- → Italian: sedulo (literary, rare)
- → Portuguese: sédulo
References
- “sedulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sedulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sedulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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