delectetur
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. subj. 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. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...ingratum est. Neminem esse toto orbe terrarum, qui delectetur lacrimis tuis, audacter dixerim. Quid ergo? Quem nemo adversus..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...dedecore et traductione uita exigit, non quia delectetur ullius poena — procul est enim a sapiente tam inhumana feritas..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...bene dicet non suo magis quam eorum nomine delectetur qui recte iudicabunt. Pueros adulescentibus permixtos sedere non placet..."