delicate

Dictionary entries

• delico, delicare, delicavi, delicatus:

  Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive

  Frequency:

  Uncommon

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = reveal, disclose; make clear, clarify, explain;

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  voc. sg. perf. pass. part.

  pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
• 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;

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  voc. sg. (m.)
• delicatus, delicati:

  Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

  Frequency:

  Uncommon

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = paramour, favorite; voluptuary (L+S); one addicted to pleasure;

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  voc. sg.
• delicate, delicatius, delicatissime:

  Adverb

  Frequency:

  Common

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = delicately/tenderly/gently; luxuriously; frivolously; fastidiously; effeminately

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