adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
dēlicātus
dēlicātus (feminine dēlicāta, neuter dēlicātum, comparative dēlicātior, superlative dēlicātissimus)
Classical[deː.lɪˈkaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[de.liˈkaː.tus]
dēlicātior
Meaning
- adjectivealluring, charming, delightful; voluptuous
- adjectivesoft, tender, delicate
- adjectiveeffeminate, spoilt with indulgence
- adjectivefastidious, scrupulous
- adjectiveoverly-luxurious, spoiled
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēlicātus | dēlicāta | dēlicātum |
| genitive | dēlicātī | dēlicātae | dēlicātī |
| dative | dēlicātō | dēlicātae | dēlicātō |
| accusative | dēlicātum | dēlicātam | dēlicātum |
| ablative | dēlicātō | dēlicātā | dēlicātō |
| vocative | dēlicāte | dēlicāta | dēlicātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēlicātī | dēlicātae | dēlicāta |
| genitive | dēlicātōrum | dēlicātārum | dēlicātōrum |
| dative | dēlicātīs | dēlicātīs | dēlicātīs |
| accusative | dēlicātōs | dēlicātās | dēlicāta |
| ablative | dēlicātīs | dēlicātīs | dēlicātīs |
| vocative | dēlicātī | dēlicātae | dēlicāta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- cibus delicatus
- delicacies.
- delicate ac molliter vivere
- to live a luxurious and effeminate life.
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, παιδικῶν, 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēlicātus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of * dēlicō, to clear up, alluring, charming, pleasing, delightful, luxurious, voluptuous : in illo delicatissimo litore: hortuli, Ph.: puerorum comitatus: delicatiores in cantu flexiones: puella delicatior haedo, softer , Ct. — Given to pleasure, luxurious, effeminate : pueri: iuventus: capella, Ct.— Nice, squeamish : tam, quam iste: fastidium.
Origins
Judging from the meaning, from the root of dēliciae + -ātus.
Borrowings
- Catalandelicat
- Englishdelicatefrom Middle English delicat
- Portuguesedelicado
- Spanishdelicado
- Galiciandelicado
- Japaneseデリケートfrom Middle English delicat
- Middle Frenchdelicat
Old French
- Frenchdéliéfrom Old French delïé
- Frenchdougéfrom Old French delgié
- Frenchdeugéfrom Old French delgié
Elsewhere
- Italiandelicato
- Portuguesedelgadofrom Old Galician-Portuguese delgado
- Galiciandelgadofrom Old Galician-Portuguese delgado
- Piedmontesedlicà
- Siciliandilicatu
- Venetandełicato
- Venetandełicao
Old Occitan
- Catalandelgat
Old Spanish
- Spanishdelgado
Old Leonese
- Asturiandelgáu
In English words that came into English from dēlicātus
- delicatedēlicātus
- delicacydēlicātus
- delicatessendēlicātus
- delidēlicātus