dēlĭcātus — Lewis & Short
dēlĭcātus, a, um, adj.deliciae.
I That gives pleasure, i. e. alluring, charming, delightful; luxurious, voluptuous.
A Prop. (class.):
in illo delicatissimo litore,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40:
navigia,Suet. Vit. 10:
delicatior cultus,id. Aug. 65:
delicati hortuli,Phaedr. 4, 5, 26;
and so often of places: muliebri et delicato ancillarum puerorumque comitatu,Cic. Mil. 10, 28:
convivium,id. Att. 2, 14:
voluptates (with molles and obscenae),id. N. D. 1, 40, 111 and 113; cf.:
molliores et delicatiores in cantu flexiones,id. de Or. 3, 25, 98:
sermo,id. Off. 1, 40, 144:
omnes hominis libidines delicatissimis versibus exprimere,id. Pis. 29, 70:
versiculos scribens,Cat. 50, 3.—
(b) As a flattering appellation:
ubi tu es delicata?Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 8.—
B Transf., soft, tender, delicate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
capella,Cat. 20, 10; cf.:
puella tenellulo delicatior haedo,id. 17, 15:
oves,Plin. Ep. 2, 11 fin.:
Anio delicatissimus amnium,id. ib. 8, 17, 3; cf.:
ad aquam,Curt. 5, 2, 9:
delicatior teneriorque cauliculus,Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137; Vulg. 1 Par. 22, 5.—
II Addicted to pleasure; luxurious, voluptuous; and subst., a voluptuary, a wanton.
A Prop.:
adolescens,Cic. Brut. 53:
pueri,id. N. D. 1, 36 fin.:
juventus,id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.:
odia libidinosae et delicatae juventutis,id. Att. 1, 19, 8 et saep.: quosdam e gratissimis delicatorum, i. e. of the paramours, paidikw=n, Suet. Tit. 7; cf. in the fem.:
Flavia Domitilla, Statilii Capellae delicata,id. Vesp. 3;
et luxuriosus,Vulg. Deut. 28, 54; in inscriptions, delicatus and delicata simply mean favorite slave (cf. our terms valet and chamber-maid), Inscr. Orell. 2801-2805 and 4650.—
B Transf.
1 Spoiled with indulgence, delicate, dainty, effeminate: nimium ego te habui delicatam (I have spoiled you), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 10:
equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,Quint. 9, 9, 4; 113; id. 11, 3, 132.—
2 Fastidious, scrupulous:
aures,Quint. 3, 1, 3;
vah delicatus!Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 37.—Hence, adv.: dēlĭcātē.
1 Delicately, luxuriously:
delicate ac molliter vivere,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf. recubans (coupled with molliter), id. de Or. 3, 17, 63; and in the comp.:
tractare iracundos (with mollius), Sen. de Ira, 3, 9: odiosa multa delicate jocoseque fecit,Nep. Alcib. 2 fin.; Vulg. Prov. 29, 21.—
2 At one's ease, tardily, slowly:
conficere iter (coupled with segniter),Suet. Calig. 43:
spargit se vitis,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.