Latin

Noun

dēlectātiō f ‎(genitive dēlectātiōnis); third declension

1. delight, pleasure, amusement

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: délectation
• Spanish: delectación

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “delectatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a very charming book: liber plenus delectationis