English → Latin
“delicious” in Latin
suāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousdulcissweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant; sweet-sounding, melodic, melodious, tunefuliūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, deliciouspergrātusvery pleasing etcperiūcundusvery pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasingdēlectābilisenjoyable, delectable, delightful, agreeablemīrificuswonderful, amazing, miraculoussuāvitāssweetness (of taste); melodiousness, tunefulness (of sound); attractiveness (of appearance); pleasantness, agreeablenessavusgrandfather; ancestor; progenitor; forefather; forebear; old man
The English word delicious itself goes back to Latin dēlicia, through deliciosus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
delicious
suavissimus: dulcissimus: jucundissimus: pergratus; jucundus; perjucundus; delectabilis (post-Augustan, e.g., avus, Tac.): mirifica, suavitate (Cic.; of a villa): to be very delicious., habere multum suavitatis; suavitate refertum esse: to be exquisitely delicious, sensus titillare or fovere, or voluptate permulcere: to be of a delicious taste, jucunde sapere: to give a delicious taste or flavour to anything, suavitatem facere alicui rei; condire aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for delicious?
- The usual Latin words for “delicious” are suāvis, dulcis, iūcundus; also pergrātus, periūcundus, dēlectābilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.