Latin search results for: delectation

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (source of) delight/pleasure/enjoyment/amusement
  2. conferring/gaining delight
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. inclination/futile straining to void bowels/bladder
  2. straining/effort/tenesmus
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)