delecto

Catalan

Verb

delecto

first-person singular present indicative of delectar

Interlingua

Noun

delecto (plural delectos)

delight

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈlek.to/, [d̪ɛˈɫ̪ɛkt̪ɔ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈlek.to/, [d̪eˈlɛkt̪o]

Etymology 1

Frequentative of dēliciō, or else from dē- +‎ lactō.

Verb

dēlectō (present infinitive dēlectāre, perfect active dēlectāvī, supine dēlectātum); first conjugation

to delight, charm, please
Synonyms: fruor, congrātulor, exhilarō, iuvō

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: delitar, → delectar (learned)
Corsican: dilettà
English: delight
Extremaduran: deleitar
Galician: deleitar
Italian: dilettare
Ligurian: deliçiâ
Middle English: deliten
Occitan: deleichar
Old French: delitier, deliter
- Middle French: deliter
  - French: délecter
Old Galician-Portuguese: deleitar
- Portuguese: deleitar
Old Spanish: deleitar
- Spanish: deleitar
Piedmontese: dileté
Romanian: delecta
→ Polish: delektować

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

dēlēctō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēlēctus

References

“delecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“delecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
delecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
- to take pleasure in a thing: delectari aliqua re

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