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Latin
Etymology
From sedeō. Compare with the similar senses in assiduus. Others refer it to sē- (“without, apart from”) + dolus (“deceit, guile”).
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.
- (ambiguous) to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...