delectandi
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);
gen. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part. - 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);
gen. sg. fut. part.gen. sg. fut. part.nom. pl. fut. part.voc. pl. fut. part.
Examples
- M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...docendi, secundum movendi, tertium illud, utrocumque est nomine, delectandi sive, ut alii dicunt, conciliandi praestare videatur officium..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...complecteretur? actio commendaret. VII. Oratoris officium docendi movendi delectandi partibus contineri, ex quibus ad docendum expositio et argumentatio..."