delicatus

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Latin

Etymology

From dēliciae, from dēliciō, from dē + laciō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dēlicātus (feminine dēlicāta, neuter dēlicātum, comparative dēlicātior, superlative dēlicātissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. alluring, charming, delightful; voluptuous
  2. soft, tender, delicate
  3. effeminate, spoilt with indulgence
  4. fastidious, scrupulous
  5. (of a person) overly-luxurious, spoiled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēlicātus dēlicāta dēlicātum dēlicātī dēlicātae dēlicāta
genitive dēlicātī dēlicātae dēlicātī dēlicātōrum dēlicātārum dēlicātōrum
dative dēlicātō dēlicātae dēlicātō dēlicātīs
accusative dēlicātum dēlicātam dēlicātum dēlicātōs dēlicātās dēlicāta
ablative dēlicātō dēlicātā dēlicātō dēlicātīs
vocative dēlicāte dēlicāta dēlicātum dēlicātī dēlicātae dēlicāta

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Descendants

References

  • “delicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “delicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • delicatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • delicatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • delicacies: cibus delicatus
    • to live a luxurious and effeminate life: delicate ac molliter vivere
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