delectamur
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);
pl. pres. pass. ind. 1st - 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);
pl. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quae ipsi in nos dicere adsueuimus; iocis temperatis delectamur, inmodicis irascimur. XVII. 1. Chrysippus ait quendam indignatum, quod..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quod quaeritur, sit pulcherrimum. etenim si delectamur, cum scribimus, quis est tam invidus, qui ab eo nos abducat..."