sedulus

Latin

Etymology

From sedeō. Compare with the similar senses in assiduus. Others refer it to sē- (“without, apart from”) +‎ dolus (“deceit, guile”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.du.lus/, [ˈs̠eːd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.du.lus/, [ˈsɛːd̪ulus]

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

• sēdulē
• sēdulitās
• sēdulō

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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