I.worthy, deserving (in a good or ill sense), of things, suitable, fitting, becoming, proper (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).—Constr., in the most finished models of composition, with the abl. pretii, a relative sentence, or absol.; in the Aug. poets also freq. with the inf.; otherwise with ut, the gen., or the acc. of a neutr. pron. or adj.
(α).
With abl. (so most freq.): “dignus domino servus,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; cf.: “vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,” Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25; id. Fam. 2, 18 fin.; “juvenes patre digni,” Hor. A. P. 24 et saep.: “dignus es verberibus multis,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71: “amici novi digni amicitiā,” Cic. Lael. 19: “summa laude digni,” id. Rep. 3, 4; 3, 17 et saep.: “omnibus probris, quae improbis viris Digna sunt, dignior nullus est homo,” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 9: “assentatio, quae non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,” Cic. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 40: “dignius odio scelus,” id. 7, 2, 36: “o fons, dulci digne mero,” Hor. C. 3, 13, 2: “munera digna venustissima Venere,” Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4; for which; diem dignum Veneri (abl. v. Venus), id. ib. 1, 2, 45: “ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,” id. Aul. 1, 1, 4; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 122; id. Rud. 3, 2, 26 et saep.: “dicendum dignum aliquid horum auribus,” Cic. Rep. 3, 13: “aliquid memoria dignum consequi,” id. ib. 1, 8; * Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 3 al.: “si quid antea admisissem piaculo dignum,” Liv. 40, 13 et saep.: “tribuere id cuique, quod sit quoque dignum,” Cic. Rep. 3, 11: “neque enim decorum est neque dis dignum,” id. Div. 1, 52: “quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque,” Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 5 et saep.: “dicere Cinnā digna,” Verg. E. 9, 36.—Esp. freq. with supine in u: “digna memoratu produntur,” Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97: “nihil dignum dictu,” Liv. 4, 30, 4; 9, 43, 6; 25, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43; Val. Max. 1, 5, 9; Sen. Ep. 94, 56; Tac. Agr. 1.—
(β).
With rel. clause (freq., though not in the Aug. poets): “non videre dignus, qui liber sies,” Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 17; cf. id. Rud. 2, 6, 38; id. Mil. 4, 2, 52: “qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,” Cic. Leg. 3, 2: “homines dignos, quibuscum disseratur putant,” id. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Quint. 10, 1, 131 et saep.—So with rel. adv.: “sive adeo digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,” if the thing is really worth your bending your energies to it, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; cf. “also: dignos esse, qui armis cepissent, eorum urbem agrumque Bolanum esse, i. e. ut eorum urbs esset,” Liv. 4, 49, 11 Weissenb. (Madv. dignum, cf. δ infra).—
(γ).
Absol. (that of which some one or something is worthy, to be supplied from the context): Mi. Quem ament igitur? Sy. Alium quemlibet; “Nam nostrorum nemo dignus est (sc. amari),” Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 39; cf. id. Curc. 4, 2, 28: “ut ne nimis cito diligere incipiant neve non dignos, etc.,” Cic. Lael. 21, 78 sq.: “illud exemplum ab dignis et idoneis ad indignos et non idoneos transfertur,” Sall. C. 51, 27 Kritz.: “dignis ait esse paratus,” Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 22: “omnes, ait, malle laudatos a se, dignos indignosque, quam, etc.,” Liv. 24, 16 et saep.: “quem dices digniorem esse hominem hodie Athenis alterum?” Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 24; cf. Suet. Aug. 54: “dignus patronus,” Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2: dignior heres, Hor. C. 2, 14, 25: “digna causa,” Liv. 21, 6: “dignum operae pretium,” Quint. 12, 6, 7: “dignas grates persolvere,” Verg. A. 1, 600; 2, 537: “digna gloria ruris,” id. G. 1, 168 et saep.: “ad tuam formam illa digna est,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 21; so, quod supplicium dignum libidini ejus invenias? (where the dat. depends on the verb), Cic. Verr. 2, 26, 16, § 40: “id, cum ipse per se dignus putaretur, impetravit,” id. Arch. 4, 6.—So as subst.: "nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus;" primum quid est dignus? nam etiam malo multi digni, sicut ipse (Antonius), Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22; so, dignum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, = aequum est, decet, convenit, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 129; id. Merc. 1, 2, 22; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 55; 129; Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14; Liv. 1, 14; Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Verg. G. 3, 391 al.—So comp., Liv. 8, 26, 6; Cic. Clu. 53, 146.—Sup., Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8.—
(δ).
With inf. (freq. in the Aug. poets; “not in Cic.): concedere,” Cat. 68, 131: “unā perire,” Ov. M. 1, 241: “credere,” id. ib. 3, 311: “fuisse conjux,” id. ib. 14, 833: “decurrere spatium vitae,” id. Tr. 3, 4, 34: “ponere annos,” id. ib. 4, 8, 14 al.; and more freq. in the pass.: “cantari dignus,” Verg. E. 5, 54: “amari,” id. ib. 89: “rapi,” Ov. M. 7, 697: “describi,” Hor. S. 1, 4, 3: “notari,” id. ib. 1, 3, 24: “legi,” id. ib. 1, 10, 72: Quint. 10, 1, 96 et saep.: “auctoribus hoc dedi, quibus dignius credi est,” Liv. 8, 26 fin.; cf.: “uterque optimus erat, dignusque alter elegi, alter eligere,” Plin. Pan. 7, 4.—（ε) With ut: “non sum dignus prae te, ut figam palum in parietem,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; Liv. 24, 16: eras dignus ut haberes integram manum; Quint. 8, 5, 12; 12, 11, 24.—（ζ) With gen. (acc. to the Gr. ἄξιός τινος—so freq. in Inscr. v. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 494): “dignus salutis,” Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29; cogitatio dignissima tuae virtutis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15 A.: “quidquid putabit dignum esse memoriae,” Phaedr. 4, 20, 3: “probae,” Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 57.—（η) With acc. of a neutr. pron. or adj.: “non me censes scire quid dignus siem?” Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 16; Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 34: “si exoptem, quantum dignus, tantum dent (di tibi), etc.,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 26.—（θ) With ad (very rare): “ad tuam formam illa una digna est,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 21: “amicus, dignus huic ad imitandum,” Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—（ι) With pro: “si digna poena pro factis eorum reperitur,” Sall. C. 51, 8; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 24.—Adv.: dignē , worthily, fitly, becomingly: “quam digne ornata incedit, haud meretricie!” Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58; id. Cas. 4, 1, 14; Cic. de Sen. 1, 2; Cassius in Cic. Fam. 12, 13; Vell. 2, 67; Suet. Aug. 66; Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. Ep. 2, 1, 164 al.—Comp., Hor. S. 2, 7, 47.—Sup. seems not to occur.
