delectatur
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. pres. pass. ind. 3rd - 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. 3rd
Examples
Satura XVI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Veneris commendet epistula Marti et Samia genetrix quae delectatur harena. commoda tractemus primum communia, quorum haut minimum illud..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Philaenis, non est ambitiosa nec superba: delectatur odore, non colore. LXIII Ad cenam invitant omnes te, Phoebe, cinaedi..."Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...miserias miser, qui sollicitus est ut ea quibus delectatur ad extremum usque permaneant; nullo enim tempore conquiescet..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...latet vena assidue plenius responsura fodienti. Haec quibus delectatur vulgus tenuem habent ac perfusoriam voluptatem, et quodcumque invecticium..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ingens oblectamentum habet in ipsa occupatione: non aeque delectatur qui ab opere perfecto removit manum. Iam fructu artis..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...instrumenta excogitet, per quae varietur atque extendatur dolor, delectatur malis hominum; tunc illi dirus animi morbus ad insaniam..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...antiquo; sunt in usu et Corinthia, quibus delectatur nec afficitur. Frequenter comoedis cena distinguitur, ut voluptates quoque studiis..."