LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

dēlicium

dēlicium n (genitive dēliciī or dēlicī)
Classical[deːˈlɪ.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[deˈliː.t͡ʃi.um]

Meaning

  1. delight, pleasure
  2. darling, pet
  3. figurativelya prepubescent or adolescent boy who served as a sex slave, chosen for his supposed beauty

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēliciumdēlicia
genitivedēliciī
dēlicī		dēliciōrum
dativedēliciōdēliciīs
accusativedēliciumdēlicia
ablativedēliciōdēliciīs
vocativedēliciumdēlicia

dēlĭcĭum, ii, n., v. deliciae
I. init.

Origins

From dēlicere (“to entice, to snare; to delight”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from dē- + lacere (“to entice, to snare”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, to pull”), with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages.

Descendants
  • Frenchdélice

Quick answers

What does dēlicium mean in Latin?
dēlicium, a noun, means “delight, pleasure; darling, pet; a prepubescent or adolescent boy who served as a sex slave, chosen for his supposed beauty”.
What is the genitive of dēlicium?
The genitive singular is dēliciī. dēlicium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce dēlicium?
In classical Latin, [deːˈlɪ.ki.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈliː.t͡ʃi.um].