deliciae

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈli.ki.ae̯/, [d̪eːˈlʲɪkiäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈli.t͡ʃi.e/, [d̪eˈliːt͡ʃie]

Noun

dēliciae f pl (genitive dēliciārum); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	dēliciae
Genitive	dēliciārum
Dative	dēliciīs
Accusative	dēliciās
Ablative	dēliciīs
Vocative	dēliciae

Derived terms

• delicātus

Descendants

• Catalan: delícia
• Italian: delizia
• Portuguese: delícia
• Spanish: delicia

References

• “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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • somebody's darling: mel ac deliciae alicuius (Fam. 8. 8. 1)
    
  • somebody's darling: amores et deliciae alicuius