oblectamina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →oblectamen, oblectaminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
delight, pleasure, source of pleasure;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Graia licentia miscent? nec desunt variae circa oblectamina vitae:, sive vaporiferas, blandissima litora, Baias, enthea fatidicae seu visere..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...dapes Baccheaque munera Chiron orat et attonitae varia oblectamina nectens elicit extremo chelyn et solantia curas fila movet..."- P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...prodigiis turbatus pectora Ceyx, consulat ut sacras, hominum oblectamina, sortes, ad Clarium parat ire deum; nam templa profanus..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bacarum florebat aquatica lotos. carpserat hinc Dryope, quos oblectamina nato porrigeret, flores, et idem factura videbar— namque aderam..."