delicius

dēlĭcĭae, ārum, f. (sing. dēlĭcĭa, ae, f.;

ante-and post-class.,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 29; id. Rud. 2, 4, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 152; Inscr. Grut. 1014, 5: dēlĭcĭum, ii, n., Phaedr. 4, 1, 8; Verg. Copa, 26; Mart. 7, 50, 2; 13, 98, 1; Inscr. Orell. 680; 1724; 2679 sq.; 4394; 4958. And dēlĭcĭus, ii, m., Inscr. Don. cl. 1, 132, and ap. Gorium Columb. Liv. p. 73, no. 4) [delicio; that which allures, flatters the senses], delight, pleasure, charm, allurement; deliciousness, luxuriousness, voluptuousness, curiosities of art; sport, frolics, etc. (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: voluptas, libido, delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, oblectamentum).

I.

Prop.:

cogitatio amoenitatum ad delectationem, aut supellectilis ad delicias, aut epularum ad voluptates,

Cic. Par. 1, 2; cf. Hor. Od. 4, 8, 10 et saep.:

deliciarum causa et voluptatis cives Romanos cum mitella saepe vidimus,

Cic. Rab. Post. 10:

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6:

deliciis diffluentes,

id. Lael. 15; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57; Sall. C. 31, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31 et saep.:

Herodotus Thucydidesque longissime a talibus deliciis vel potius ineptiis afuerunt,

Cic. Or. 12 fin.; cf. Quint. 1, 11, 6; 12, 8, 4: delicias facere, to play tricks, to joke, to make sport of one, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 30; id. Poen. 1, 2, 68; 83; on the contrary, to sport as lovers, Catull. 45, 24;

72, 2: amores et hae deliciae quae vocantur,

Cic. Cael. 19:

votorum,

a dallying with, fondly prolonging, Juv. 10, 291: ecce aliae deliciae ( pretensions ) equitum vix ferendae, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9:

esse in deliciis alicui,

to be any one's favorite, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1 fin.; so id. Vatin. 8 fin.; Lucr. 4, 1152:

aliquid in deliciis habere,

Cic. Div. 1, 34 fin.:

habere aliquem in deliciis,

Suet. Vit. 12:

in deliciis vivere,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 9. —

II.

Transf., of living beings: delight, darling, sweetheart, beloved:

tu urbanus scurra, deliciae popli,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14:

mea voluptas, meae deliciae, mea vita, mea amoenitas,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 152:

amores ac deliciae tuae Roscius,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. id. Att. 16, 6 fin.; id. Phil. 6, 5;

and the well-known appellation of Titus: amor ac deliciae generis humani,

Suet. Tit. 1: C. Sempronium Rufum mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8:

Corydon ardebat Alexim, Delicias domini,

Verg. E. 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 9, 22, Cat. 6, 1:

verba ne Alexandrinis quidem permittenda deliciis,

favorite slaves, Quint. 1, 2, 7:

aegrae solaque libidine fortes Deliciae,

a voluptuary, minion, Juv. 4, 4; Petr. 67; Stat. Silv. 5, 5, 67; cf.

Plutarch, Anton. 59: delicias hominis,

a precious fellow! Juv. 6, 47.