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.