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
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...atque omni virtute praeditus, P. Sulpicio Galo, homini delicato, inter pleraque alia, quae obiectabat, id quoque probro dedit..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
