deliciae

Formally the plural of (very rare) delicia, from (very rare) dēliciō, from dē- +‎ laciō (“I snare, entice”).

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

dēliciae f pl (genitive dēliciārum); first declension

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

First declension.

• delicātus

• 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
• deliciae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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