Latin

Noun

dēliciae f pl ‎(genitive dēliciārum); first declension

1. delight, pleasure
2. darling, sweetheart
3. beloved object

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• delicātus

Descendants

• Italian: delizia

References

• deliciae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deliciae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deliciae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • somebody's darling: mel ac deliciae alicuius (Fam. 8. 8. 1)
    
  • somebody's darling: amores et deliciae alicuius