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Verb
delecto
- first-person singular present indicative of delectar
Interlingua
Noun
delecto (plural delectos)
- delight
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Frequentative of dēliciō, or else from dē- + lactō.
Verb
dēlectō (present infinitive dēlectāre, perfect active dēlectāvī, supine dēlectātum); first conjugation
- to delight, charm, please (+ accusative the person, who is delighted)
- Synonyms: fruor, congrātulor, exhilarō, iuvō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
dēlēctō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēlēctus
References
- “delecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “delecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- delecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
- to take pleasure in a thing: delectari aliqua re