delectaris
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);
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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);
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - 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);
sg. pres. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...luna +mansuescente ac senescente. IX. Qualibus verbis delectari solitus sit Antonius Iulianus positis in mimiambis Cn. Matii..."