dēlĭquĭum, ii, n. [delinquo, no. I.],
a want, defect (rare): solis, i. e. an eclipse (for which freq. defectus), Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 390; Lact. Epit. 45, 10: solis lunaeque deliquia, Mart. Cap. 6, § 594.
·noun A melting or maudlin mood. II. Deliquium ·noun A sinking away; a swooning. III. Deliquium ·n...
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