delectatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēlectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.lekˈtaː.ti.oː/, [deː.ɫɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]

Noun

dēlectātiō f (genitive dēlectātiōnis); third declension

  1. delight, pleasure, amusement

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēlectātiō dēlectātiōnēs
Genitive dēlectātiōnis dēlectātiōnum
Dative dēlectātiōnī dēlectātiōnibus
Accusative dēlectātiōnem dēlectātiōnēs
Ablative dēlectātiōne dēlectātiōnibus
Vocative dēlectātiō dēlectātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • delectatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delectatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • delectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a very charming book: liber plenus delectationis
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