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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..."