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deliciae f plur, prima declinazione
- delizia, gioia, felicità, piacere
- lusso, agio, comodità
- dē | lĭ | cĭ | ae
- (pronuncia classica) IPA: /deːˈli.ki.ae̯/
- (pronuncia ecclesiastica) IPA: /deˈli.t͡ʃi.ɛ/
dal verbo delicio, "allettare", a sua volta composto di de- e un verbo *lacio, non attestato ma affine a lacium, "laccio", e quindi "intrappolare in un laccio" da cui appunto "allettare"
- solo plurale (pluralia tantum) in latino classico; la forma singolare delicia (deliciae eccetera) si ritrova sporadicamente negli autori tardi e poi nel latino medievale
- discendenti in altre lingue
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