The corpus record — Latin

delectabilis

delectabilis · adj

delectable, delightful, agreeable

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Where it lives

Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Noctes Atticae 8 · 0.72/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

dēlectābĭlis — Lewis & Short

dēlectābĭlis, e, adj.delecto,

I delectable, delightful, agreeable (post-Aug. for jucundus, amoenus): cibus, Tac. A. 12, 67: apologi (with festivi), Gell. 2, 29; Vulg. Gen. 3, 6; Lact. 6, 4, 3; 7, 7, 13.—Comp.: tibia questu, App. Flor. no. 17.—Adv.: delec-tabiliter, delightfully: ac decore depicta, Gell. 13, 24, 17: et feliciter declamare, id. 15, 1.—Comp.: delectabilius, Aug. de Don. Persev. 53.

In the wild

delectabilisque Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.15.9
delectabiliter Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.25.17
delectabili Tacitus, Annales 12.p68
delectabili Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.11.4
delectabile Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.23.12
delectabiliter Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 15.1.1

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