delicatorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delico, delicare, delicavi, delicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reveal, disclose; make clear, clarify, explain;
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. 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;
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →delicatus, delicati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
paramour, favorite; voluptuary (L+S); one addicted to pleasure;
gen. pl.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...peregrinis ciborum generibus; et appositi versus Euripidi, quibus delicatorum hominum luxuriantem gulam confutavit. XVII. Sermo habitus cum grammatico..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...peregrinis ciborum generibus; et appositi versus Euripidi, quibus delicatorum hominum luxuriantem gulam confutavit. M. Varro in satura, quam..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...convictum. Hoc loco acclamabit mihi tota manus delicatorum 'nihil hac re humilius, nihil turpius'. Hos ego eosdem deprehendam..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...animam agat." Ad hunc fastum peruenit uenter delicatorum, ut gustare non possint, nisi quem in ipso conuiuio natantem..." - G
Titus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...urbe dimisit, invitus, invitam. Quosdam e gratissimis delicatorum, quamquam tam artifices saltationis, ut mox scaenam tenuerint, non modo..."
