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
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..."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..."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..."