delectabatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delecto, delectare, delectavi, delectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
delight, please, amuse, fascinate; charm, lure, entice; be a source of delight;; (PASS) be delighted/glad, take pleasure; (w/INF) enjoy (being/doing);
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →delector, delectari, delectatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
delight, please, amuse, fascinate; charm, lure, entice; be a source of delight;; (PASS) be delighted/glad, take pleasure; (w/INF) enjoy (being/doing);
sg. imperf. ind. 3rd
Examples
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APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...primis qui concusso magna parastis lucra fritillo." Delectabatur laudibus suis Claudius, et cupiebat diutius spectare. Inicit illi manum..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...usum fieri sine mora iussit. Bestiaris meridianisque adeo delectabatur, ut et prima luce ad spectaculum descenderet et meridie..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...acciderat ei, quod nollet, nisi quod anulum, quo delectabatur, in mari abiecerat. Ergo infelix una molestia, felix rursus..."