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
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...barbam et genas radere mos patrius fuit. V. Deliciarum vitium et mollities oculorum et corporis ab Arcesila philosopho..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...medio aetatis, ita factas videmus. V. Deliciarum vitium et mollities oculorum et corporis ab Arcesila philosopho cuidam obprobrata..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."