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digero

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ gerere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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References

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  • 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[1], 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[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016