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Latin
Etymology
From in- and an unattested verb *dulgeō, from Proto-Italic *dolɣēō, from Proto-Indo-European *delǵʰ- (“to become fixed”); cognate with Welsh dala (“to catch”), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tulgjan, “to reinforce”), and perhaps Sanskrit दृह् (dṛh, “to make firm”).
The initial in- may be, instead of the above, derived from a negated form of an unattested adjectival Proto-Indo-European *n-dlgʰ-ro- (“not hard”), thus giving indulgeō an original meaning of "to not be hard toward" > "to be lenient toward" > "to indulge". This is semantically smoother than if the "in-" were to mean "in".[1]
Possibly related to longus, Ancient Greek ἐνδελεχής (endelekhḗs, “continuous”), thus originally with the meaning of "being persistent, patient".
Pronunciation
Verb
indulgeō (present infinitive indulgēre, perfect active indulsī, supine indultum); second conjugation
- (intransitive) to be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to)
- (intransitive, transitive) to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), indulge (in) (takes a dative object)
- (transitive) to concede, allow, grant, permit, bestow
- to favor
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References
- “indulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indulgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indulgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to indulge oneself: animo or simply sibi indulgere
- to give way to grief: dolori indulgere
- to be indulgent to a person's faults: indulgere vitiis alicuius
- to give free play to one's anger: irae indulgere (Liv. 23. 3)
- to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
- to be given to drink: vino deditum esse, indulgere
- indulgeo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302