deliciarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deliciaris, deliciaris, deliciare:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
fitting an outward-sloping roof; pertaining to a gutter (L+S);
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →delicia, deliciae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
favorite/pet/darling/beloved; man w/fine taste/gourmet; voluptuary;; pleasure/delight/fun (usu. pl.), activity affording enjoyment, luxuries; toys;; ornaments/decorations; erotic verse; charms; elegant/affected manner/mannerism;; luxurious habits/selfindulgence; airs, manners of superiority; caprices/whims;; corner beam supporting a section of an outward-sloping roof; gutter (L+S);
gen. pl.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...barbam et genas radere mos patrius fuit. V. Deliciarum vitium et mollities oculorum et corporis ab Arcesila philosopho..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...medio aetatis, ita factas videmus. V. Deliciarum vitium et mollities oculorum et corporis ab Arcesila philosopho cuidam obprobrata..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quantum aquarum per gradus cum fragore labentium! Eo deliciarum pervenimus ut nisi gemmas calcare nolimus. In hoc balneo..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fortuna te provehat, auro tegat, purpura vestiat, eo deliciarum opumque perducat ut terram marmoribus abscondas; non tantum habere..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quod insaniat, inuertit impudicitia nouam contumeliam sibi, inuertit deliciarum dissolutio et tabes aliquid adhuc tenerius molliusque, quo pereat..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...uero otiumque non resoluemus et procul a contactu deliciarum retinebimus; nihil enim magis facit iracundos quam educatio mollis..." - L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uita et ipse mundus, et subiit illud tabidarum deliciarum: "Quousque eadem?" III. Aduersus hoc taedium quo auxillo putem..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...petenda est, quando nos in omnia deliciarum vitia dicendi quoque ratione defluximus. X. Denique credamus summis oratoribus..."