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Etymology
From al- + direkto + -i.
Pronunciation
Verb
aldirekti (present aldirektas, past aldirektis, future aldirektos, conditional aldirektus, volitive aldirektu)
- (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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