delectatio Latin · revision 32660

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=itc-pro *lak-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deː.ɫɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.lekˈtat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēlectātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēlectātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēlectō|-tiō|t1=to delight]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan files [[m|la|dēlectō]] under [[m|la|laciō|t=to draw, entice]], a verb known only from Festus, which he traces to [[itc-pro|*lak-i-|t=to draw, pull]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Terence.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD cites him for a source of delight.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the giving or gaining of pleasure, delight: Cicero defines it as a pleasure that soothes the mind through the sweetness of hearing, and writes that man is led by the delight of seeing and hearing.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also a source of delight: Cicero says that even in being busy we can find many delights.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it frequent and good prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein contrasts it with [[oblectatio|alt=oblectātiō]], a pleasant pastime that drives off boredom: ⟨dēlectātiō⟩ is real delight.^(Döderlein 1874) Cicero and Vitruvius have the plural.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it delight, pleasure, amusement.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a source of delight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero defines it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius has the plural.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|delight|alt=Delight]], [[m|en|pleasure]], amusement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A source of delight.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlectātiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[delecto|alt=dēlectō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}