delicatam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delico, delicare, delicavi, delicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reveal, disclose; make clear, clarify, explain;
acc. sg. 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;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →delicata, delicatae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
paramour, favorite; voluptuary (L+S); one addicted to pleasure;
acc. sg.
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quidquid egi atque ago. nimium ego te habui delicatam; nunc adeo ut facturus dicam. quando ego tibi ancillas..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...uxorem, Statilii Capellae equitis R. Sabratensis ex Africa delicatam olim Latinaeque condicionis, sed mox ingenuam et civem..."
