dēlectātiō delight

dēlectātiō, dēlectātiōnis, (feminine) · Noun

dēlectātiō is a Latin Noun that primarily means delight.

Definitions for dēlectātiō

Wheelock's Latin

Noun

1
delight, pleasure, enjoyment
English derivatives:
delectation delectable delicious dilletante delight

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Noun

1
The conferring or gaining of pleasure or delight. (b) a source of delight or enjoyment.

Sentences with dēlectātiō

Latin to English

Doceāmus magnā cum dēlectātiōne linguam Latīnam.Compare Let us teach the Latin language with great delight.

Nihil est ... aptius ad delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietatem fortunaque vicissitudines. Quae etsi optabiles in experiendo non fuerunt, in legendo tamen erun iucundae; habet enim praeteriti doloris secura recordatio delectationem.Compare Nothing is ... more likely to delight a reader than variety of circumstances and the vicissitudes of fortune. Even though we found no pleasure in experiencing them, we enjoy reading about them: there is something delectable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Declension table for dēlectātiō

Cactus2000

	Singular	Plural
Nom.	dēlectātiō	dēlectātiōnēs
Gen.	dēlectātiōnis	dēlectātiōnum
Dat.	dēlectātiōnī	dēlectātiōnibus
Acc.	dēlectātiōnem	dēlectātiōnēs
Abl.	dēlectātiōne	dēlectātiōnibus

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Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 181.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 507.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

Bibliography

Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.

Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.

Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.

Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.

Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.

Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "dēlectātiō, dēlectātiōnis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 3, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/delectatio-delectationis.