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delecto
delecto
Latin
Etymology 1
Verb
dēlectō (present infinitive dēlectāre, perfect active dēlectāvī, supine dēlectātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Participle
dēlectō
- dative masculine singular of dēlectus
- dative neuter singular of dēlectus
- ablative masculine singular of dēlectus
- ablative neuter singular of dēlectus
References
- delecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- delecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “delecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
- to take pleasure in a thing: delectari aliqua re
- to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)