delectabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēlectābĭlis, e, adj. [delecto],

delectable, delightful, agreeable (post-Aug. for jucundus, amoenus): cibus, Tac. A. 12, 67: apologi (with festivi), Gell. 2, 29; Vulg. Gen. 3, 6; Lact. 6, 4, 3; 7, 7, 13.— Comp. : tibia questu, App. Flor. no. 17.—Adv.: delec-tabiliter , delightfully : ac decore depicta, Gell. 13, 24, 17: et feliciter declamare, id. 15, 1.— Comp. : delectabilius, Aug. de Don. Persev. 53.

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