deliciae
Definitiones
- delight, pleasure (an activity which affords enjoyment)
- luxuries, toys (things serving to please)
- decorations, delicacies, erotic verse
- charms (pleasing physical attributes)
- darling, sweetheart, favourite, pet
- pet, housepet
- comforts, luxuries (conditions affording physical or mental ease)
- elegant, affected manners; airs
- mannerisms, whims, niceties
- gourmet, voluptuary
Aequivalentia
EnglishCharmsComfortsDarlingDecorationsDelicaciesDelighthousepetLuxuriespetpleasuresweetheartToysVoluptuary
Españoljuguetes
Exempla
“dēliciās facere”
to enjoy oneself, to have fun (also in erotic sense)
“in dēliciīs habēre”
to treat as a pet, favourite; to cherish
“in dēliciīs esse”
to be a pet, favourite; to be cherished
“c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 2.1”
“Nōn quidquid nōs offendit et laedit; sed ad rabiem cōgunt pervenīre dēliciae, ut quidquid nōn ex voluntāte respondit īram ēvocet.”
Not everything that offends us also harms us; but our comforts compel us toward madness, so that whatever does not respond to our will provokes anger. (In context, Seneca is referring to the attitude of entitlement resulting from the pampered lifestyle of a master surrounded by obedient slaves.)
Gradus CEFR
B2
Medius superior
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
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