delectatio

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Latin

Etymology

From dēlectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēlectātiō f (genitive dēlectātiōnis); third declension

  1. delight, pleasure, amusement
    Synonyms: gaudium, dēlicium, voluptās, laetitia, alacritās, frūctus
    Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, aegritūdō, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, dēsīderium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēlectātiō dēlectātiōnēs
genitive dēlectātiōnis dēlectātiōnum
dative dēlectātiōnī dēlectātiōnibus
accusative dēlectātiōnem dēlectātiōnēs
ablative dēlectātiōne dēlectātiōnibus
vocative dēlectātiō dēlectātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • “delectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “delectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • delectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a very charming book: liber plenus delectationis
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