dīligēns entis, adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of diligo, industrious, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate, scrupulous, faithful : diligentissimi aratores: homo, thrifty : servi: in re hereditariā: in ostentis animadvertendis: diligentior ad classem ornandum: omnis offici diligentissimus: veritatis, N.: equis adsignandis.—Of things, laborious, faithful : relatio consulis: scriptura conquisitio, Ta.