delectandis
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);
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. 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);
abl. pl. fut. part.dat. pl. fut. part.
Examples
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..."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..."
