delicia

From dē- +‎ laciō (“I snare, entice”), probably via (very rare) dēliciō. Compare, in the sense of a corner beam, sublica; in the sense of a gutter, colliciae; in the sense of a sweetheart, dēliciae. The analogy is of gathering, whether of architectural thrust, water, or affection.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈli.ki.a/, [deːˈlɪ.ki.a]

dēlicia f (genitive dēliciae); first declension

1. The corner-beam supporting an edifice
2. A gutter
3. (very rare) Synonym of dēliciae

   c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius :

   Et Critias mea delicia est.

   And Critias is my treasure.

First declension.

• dēliciae

• delicia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• delicia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• delicia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to wanton in the pleasures of sense: deliciis diffluere
    
  • to be some one's favourite: in amore et deliciis esse alicui (active in deliciis habere aliquem)
    

delicia

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of deliciar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of deliciar

From Latin dēliciae.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /deˈliθja/, [d̪eˈliθja]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /deˈlisja/, [d̪eˈlisja]

delicia f (plural delicias)

1. delight
2. pleasure

• delicioso