aldirekti

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Etymology

From al- +‎ direkto +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

Verb

aldirekti (present aldirektas, past aldirektis, future aldirektos, conditional aldirektus, volitive aldirektu)

  1. (transitive) to direct, guide (in a particular direction)
    • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), La Revizoro (The Inspector General) by Gogol, Act V, Silent scene,
      ĉe la bordo, Dobĉinskij kaj Bobĉinskij kun reciproke aldirektita movo de la manoj kaj malfermitaj buŝoj kaj reciproke sin rigardante per larĝe malfermitaj okuloj
      at the edge Dobchinsky and Bobchinsky, gesticulating at each other (lit. with a reciprocally directed movement of the hands), open-mouthed and looking at each other wide-eyed.
    • 1908, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Ifigenio en Taŭrido”, in L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Iphigenia in Tauris, act I, scene 1:
      Li, kiu kutimis
      Nur agi kaj ordoni, li ne scias
      La arton aldirekti paroladon
      De malproksime lerte ĝis la celo.
      He who is used
      To act and to command, knows not the art,
      From far, with subtle tact, to guide discourse
      Through many windings to its destin’d goal. (Anna Swanwick translation)

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