delicato
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delico, delicare, delicavi, delicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reveal, disclose; make clear, clarify, explain;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.sg. fut. act. imp. 2ndsg. fut. act. imp. 3rd - 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →delicatus, delicati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
paramour, favorite; voluptuary (L+S); one addicted to pleasure;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...atque omni virtute praeditus, P. Sulpicio Galo, homini delicato, inter pleraque alia, quae obiectabat, id quoque probro dedit..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...philosophum vehementi verbo usum esse de quodam nimis delicato divite, qui incorruptus tamen et a stupro integer dicebatur..." Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...iactis simplicibus cibis in undas, et pisces uenerare delicatos. Quod cupis in nostris dicique legique libellis et nonnullus..."- L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Cato videretur, hic qui inter illos apparatus delicatos cum maxime dubitat utrum se ad gladium locet..." - L
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omnibus dicas quos supra capita hominum supraque turbam delicatos lectica suspendit: omnium istorum personata felicitas est. Contemnes illos..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...maxima est, fruimur dum absumus; praesentia enim nos delicatos facit, ct quia aliquando una loquimur, ambulamus, consedimus..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...feres a suspicioso timeri, a pertinace uinci, a delicato fastidiri. 5. Elige simplices faciles moderatos, qui iram tuam..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...sibi utilem fieri. Iam cetera ex abundanti ueniunt delicatos factura; in his sequemur, ut opportunitate grata sint..."
