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
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..."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..."