delicatae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delico, delicare, delicavi, delicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reveal, disclose; make clear, clarify, explain;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →delicatus, delicata -um, delicatior -or -us, delicatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
luxurious/sumptuous, addicted to pleasure; self-indulgent/comfortable; pampered;; foppish, effeminate; polite, elegant; charming; tender; voluptuous; wanton;; skittish/frisky/frivolous; fastidious/squeamish; delicate/dainty/pretty/fine;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - Entry →delicata, delicatae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
paramour, favorite; voluptuary (L+S); one addicted to pleasure;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rhombum pascit et lupos vernas, Natat ad magistrum delicata muraena, Nomenculator mugilem citat notum, Et adesse iussi prodeunt..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...haec illis pretium facit litura. At tu munere, delicata, paruo quae cantaberis orbe nota toto, pignus pectoris..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nitet peculiari: puris leniter admouentur astris celsae culmina delicata uillae. Hinc septem dominos uidere montis et totam licet..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...decens honore pictis luxurieris umbilicis, et te purpura delicata uelet, et cocco rubeat superbus index. illo uindice..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...decies, Scaeuola, redde deis. Picto quod iuga delicata collo pardus sustinet inprobaeque tigres indulgent patientiam flagello, mordent aurea..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...itineris: quaedam in te mittentur, quaedam incident. Nonest delicata res vivere. Longam viam ingressus es: et labaris oportet..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vilibus uti sed taetris et horridis. Quemadmodum desiderare delicatas res luxuriae est, ita usitatas et non magno parabiles..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fero, ut placeas mihi. sed ubi tu es, delicata? cape aquam hanc sis. ubi es? amat hercle..."
