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Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- dēlĭcātus, a, um, adj. [deliciae]. I. That gives pleasure, i. e. alluring, charming, delightful; luxurious, voluptuous. A. Prop. (class.):
in illo delicatissimo litore
, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40: navigia
, Suet. Vit. 10: delicatior cultus
, id. Aug. 65: delicati hortuli
, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; and so often of places: muliebri et delicato ancillarum puerorumque comitatu
, Cic. Mil. 10, 28: convivium
, id. Att. 2, 14: voluptates (with molles and obscenae)
, id. N. D. 1, 40, 111 and 113; cf.: molliores et delicatiores in cantu flexiones
, id. de Or. 3, 25, 98: sermo
, id. Off. 1, 40, 144: omnes hominis libidines delicatissimis versibus exprimere
, id. Pis. 29, 70: versiculos scribens
, Cat. 50, 3.—(b). As a flattering appellation: ubi tu es delicata?
Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 8.—B. Transf., soft, tender, delicate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): capella
, Cat. 20, 10; cf.: puella tenellulo delicatior haedo
, id. 17, 15: oves
, Plin. Ep. 2, 11 fin.: Anio delicatissimus amnium
, id. ib. 8, 17, 3; cf.: ad aquam
, Curt. 5, 2, 9: delicatior teneriorque cauliculus
, Plin. 19, 8, 41, 137; Vulg. 1 Par. 22, 5.—II. Addicted to pleasure; luxurious, voluptuous; and subst., a voluptuary, a wanton. A. Prop.: adolescens
, Cic. Brut. 53: pueri
, id. N. D. 1, 36 fin.: juventus
, id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.: odia libidinosae et delicatae juventutis
, id. Att. 1, 19, 8 et saep.: quosdam e gratissimis delicatorum, i. e. of the paramours, paidikw=n, Suet. Tit. 7; cf. in the fem.: Flavia Domitilla, Statilii Capellae delicata
, id. Vesp. 3; et luxuriosus
, Vulg. Deut. 28, 54; in inscriptions, delicatus and delicata simply mean favorite slave (cf. our terms valet and chamber-maid), Inscr. Orell. 2801-2805 and 4650.—B. Transf. 1. Spoiled with indulgence, delicate, dainty, effeminate: nimium ego te habui delicatam (I have spoiled you), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 10: equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt
, Quint. 9, 9, 4, 113; id. 11, 3, 132.—2. Fastidious, scrupulous: aures
, Quint. 3, 1, 3; vah delicatus!
Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 37.—Hence, adv.: dēlĭcātē. 1. Delicately, luxuriously: delicate ac molliter vivere
, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf. recubans (coupled with molliter), id. de Or. 3, 17, 63; and in the comp.: tractare iracundos (with mollius), Sen. de Ira, 3, 9: odiosa multa delicate jocoseque fecit
, Nep. Alcib. 2 fin.; Vulg. Prov. 29, 21.—2. At one's ease, tardily, slowly: conficere iter (coupled with segniter)
, Suet. Calig. 43: spargit se vitis
, Plin. 17, 22, 35, 179.
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