delectabilis, delectabile, delectabilior -or -us, delectabilissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
enjoyable, delectable, delightful, agreeable; delicious (taste) (OLD);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | delectabile | delectabilia |
| Acc. | delectabile | delectabilia |
| Voc. | delectabile | delectabilia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | delectabilius | delectabiliora |
| Gen. | delectabilioris | — |
| Acc. | delectabilius | delectabiliora |
| Voc. | delectabilius | delectabiliora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | delectabilissimus | delectabilissimi |
| Gen. | delectabilissimi | delectabilissimorum |
| Dat. | delectabilissimo | — |
| Acc. | delectabilissimum | delectabilissimos |
| Voc. | delectabilissime | delectabilissimi |
| Abl. | delectabilissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | delectabilissima | delectabilissimae |
| Gen. | delectabilissimae | delectabilissimarum |
| Dat. | delectabilissimae | — |
| Acc. | delectabilissimam | delectabilissimas |
| Voc. | delectabilissima | delectabilissimae |
| Abl. | delectabilissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | delectabilissimum | delectabilissima |
| Gen. | delectabilissimi | delectabilissimorum |
| Dat. | delectabilissimo | — |
| Acc. | delectabilissimum | delectabilissima |
| Voc. | delectabilissimum | delectabilissima |
| Abl. | delectabilissimo | — |
Examples
- A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...atque amoeni ingeni. Doctrina quoque ista utiliore ac delectabili veterumque elegantiarum cura et memoria multa fuit..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...pernotuere ut temporum illorum scriptores prodiderint infusum delectabili boleto venenum, nec vim medicaminis statim intellectam, socordiane an Claudii..."