delicium

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈli.ki.um/, [deːˈlɪ.ki.ũ]

Noun

dēlicium n (genitive dēliciī); second declension

  1. delight, pleasure
  2. darling, pet
  3. (figuratively) A slave child, customarily kept by the Romans to provide entertainment.

Descendants

References
  • delicium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delicium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • delicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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