diléctus

diléctus, -a, -um

adjective

di-lé-ctus · /diˈlɛ.ktus/

beloved, dearly loved

A participle of díligo, to love by choice rather than by feeling; the word used of the beloved Son at the Baptism.

in the texts

Quam oblatiónem dilectíssimi

external dictionary: Logeion