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delicatus
delicatus
Latin
Adjective
dēlicātus m (feminine dēlicāta, neuter dēlicātum); first/second declension
- alluring, charming, delightful; voluptuous
- soft, tender, delicate
- effeminate, spoilt with indulgence
- fastidious, scrupulous
- (of a person) overly-luxurious, spoiled
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēlicātus | dēlicāta | dēlicātum | dēlicātī | dēlicātae | dēlicāta | |
| genitive | dēlicātī | dēlicātae | dēlicātī | dēlicātōrum | dēlicātārum | dēlicātōrum | |
| dative | dēlicātō | dēlicātō | dēlicātīs | ||||
| accusative | dēlicātum | dēlicātam | dēlicātum | dēlicātōs | dēlicātās | dēlicāta | |
| ablative | dēlicātō | dēlicātā | dēlicātō | dēlicātīs | |||
| vocative | dēlicāte | dēlicāta | dēlicātum | dēlicātī | dēlicātae | dēlicāta | |
Related terms
- dēliciae
- dēliciō
- dēliciolae
- dēliciōsus
- dēlicātissimus
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “delicatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- delicacies: cibus delicatus
- to live a luxurious and effeminate life: delicate ac molliter vivere
- delicacies: cibus delicatus