delectari
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);
pres. pass. infin. - 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);
pres. infin.
Examples
- A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...minuendi et augendi habeat contrarias"." IX. Qualibus verbis delectari solitus sit Antonius Iulianus positis in mimiambis Cn. Matii..." Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Laurentis cum tibi demus apri. Vaticana bibas, si delectaris aceto: Non facit ad stomachum nostra lagona tuum. XLVI..."- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...siligineus ad naturam nihil pertinet: illauentrem non delectari uult sed impleri. Sitio: utrum haec aqua sit quamex lacu..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Illud totiens testor, hoc me argumentorum genere non delectari; pudet in aciem descendere pro dis hominibusque susceptam subula..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum; si quando fatuo delectari volo, non est mihi longe quaerendus: me rideo. Haec..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...recipis hanc legem? Ergo te Ennius, quo non delectaris, odisset et Hortensius simultates tibi indiceret et Cicero..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Quod istud, di boni, malum est occidere, saevire, delectari sono catenarum et civium capita decidere, quocumque ventum..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...luna +mansuescente ac senescente. IX. Qualibus verbis delectari solitus sit Antonius Iulianus positis in mimiambis Cn. Matii..."