digero

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Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ gerere.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to distribute, disseminate
  2. to spread, branch out, disperse
  3. to arrange, organize, classify; digest
    • 412 CE – 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

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016