delitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēlinō

Pronunciation

Participle

dēlitus (feminine dēlita, neuter dēlitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. Having been anointed or smeared (with); or
  2. Having been smudged, blotted out

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • delitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • delitus 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)