"delicium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: /deːˈli.ki.um/ [Classical-Latin], [d̪eːˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /deˈli.t͡ʃi.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d̪eˈliːt͡ʃium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From dēlicere (“to entice, to snare; to delight”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from dē- + lacere (“to entice, to snare”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, to pull”), with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|dēliciō|ium|alt1=dēlicere|t1=to entice, to snare; to delight|t2=-ium: forming abstract nouns}} dēlicere (“to entice, to snare; to delight”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), {{prefix|la|dē|lacio|alt2=lacere|t2=to entice, to snare}} dē- + lacere (“to entice, to snare”), {{inh|la|itc-pro|*lakjō|t=to draw, to pull}} Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, to pull”) Head templates: {{la-noun|dēlicium<2>}} dēlicium n (genitive dēliciī or dēlicī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dēlicium<2>}} Forms: dēlicium [canonical, neuter], dēliciī [genitive], dēlicī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēlicium [nominative, singular], dēlicia [nominative, plural], dēliciī [genitive, singular], dēlicī [genitive, singular], dēliciōrum [genitive, plural], dēliciō [dative, singular], dēliciīs [dative, plural], dēlicium [accusative, singular], dēlicia [accusative, plural], dēliciō [ablative, singular], dēliciīs [ablative, plural], dēlicium [singular, vocative], dēlicia [plural, vocative], dēlicia [alternative], dēliciae [alternative]
  1. delight, pleasure Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: gaudium, dēlectātiō, voluptās, laetitia, frūctus, alacritās
    Sense id: en-delicium-la-noun-OPCtlFAj Categories (other): Pedophilia Disambiguation of Pedophilia: 33 33 33
  2. darling, pet Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-delicium-la-noun-82aLC5CE Categories (other): Pedophilia Disambiguation of Pedophilia: 33 33 33
  3. (figuratively) a prepubescent or adolescent boy who served as a sex slave, chosen for his supposed beauty Tags: declension-2, figuratively Synonyms: catamītus, puer dēlicātus
    Sense id: en-delicium-la-noun-q9DJ2VeY Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms prefixed with de-, Latin terms suffixed with -ium, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, LGBTQ, Male, Male people, Pedophilia, People Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with de-: 23 23 54 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ium: 16 16 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 18 18 65 Disambiguation of Male: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Male people: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pedophilia: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100
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