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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la laciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblectātiō''' ''f'' (genitive oblectātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|oblectō|-tiō|t1=to delight, amuse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The OLD analyses [[m|la|oblectō]] as [[m|la|ob-]] and [[m|la|lactō]], and Wiktionary traces that verb to [[m|la|laciō|t=to entice]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The grammarian Donatus already linked the noun with Terence's ⟨lactās⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Cicero's ''De oratore'',^(TLL) where it is the delight of the mind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it a favourite word of Cicero, who says that research itself gives pleasure, and speaks of the delight of life and a rest full of delight.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes it from ''dēlectātiō'': it is a pleasant pastime that drives away boredom, while ''dēlectātiō'' is real enjoyment.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of the delight of the mind and of research.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The action of giving [[m|en|delight]]; delight, [[m|en|amusement]], diversion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oblectō]]

+ * [[dēlectātiō]]

+ * [[oblectāmentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}