Inherited fromProto-Italic*dek-no-, fromProto-Indo-European*deḱ-no-, from*deḱ-(“to take”). Cognate toLatindecus anddecet,discō,doceō,Ancient Greekδέχομαι(dékhomai).
dignus (femininedigna,neuterdignum,comparativedignior,superlativedignissimus);first/second-declension adjective
- appropriate,fitting,worthy,meet,deserving,fit,proper,suitable,becoming
- Synonyms:aptus,habilis,opportūnus,iūstus,lēgitimus,idōneus
8CE,
Ovid,
Fasti4.270:
- dignus Rōma locus, quō deus omnis eat.
- Rome: aworthy place whereto every god can go.
- Vere dignum et justum est... - "It is truly right and just..." (from the Preface of the Roman Liturgy)
- (withablative) worthy of
- Antonym:indignus
- memoria dignus ―memorable
- dignumest ―It is convenient
First/second-declension adjective.
- “dignus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dignus inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “dignus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "dignus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dignus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008)Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN
