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
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...peregrinis ciborum generibus; et appositi versus Euripidi, quibus delicatorum hominum luxuriantem gulam confutavit. XVII. Sermo habitus cum grammatico..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...peregrinis ciborum generibus; et appositi versus Euripidi, quibus delicatorum hominum luxuriantem gulam confutavit. M. Varro in satura, quam..."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..."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..."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..."
