sedulus

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

  1. diligent, industrious, zealous, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous
    Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, ācer, intentus, cupidus, aspīrāns

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēdulus sēdula sēdulum sēdulī sēdulae sēdula
Genitive sēdulī sēdulae sēdulī sēdulōrum sēdulārum sēdulōrum
Dative sēdulō sēdulō sēdulīs
Accusative sēdulum sēdulam sēdulum sēdulōs sēdulās sēdula
Ablative sēdulō sēdulā sēdulō sēdulīs
Vocative sēdule sēdula sēdulum sēdulī sēdulae sēdula

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: sedulous
  • → Italian: sedulo (literary, rare)
  • → Portuguese: sédulo

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...
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