delectationem

delectationem is a Latin form of delectatio, meaning “delight, pleasure”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 42 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 40: … unt. non avaritia ab instituto cursu ad praedam aliquam devocavit, non libido ad voluptatem, non amoenitas ad delectationem, non nobilitas urbis ad cognitionem, non denique labor ipse ad quietem; postremo signa et tabulas ceteraque o …

Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae 11: Quas res sibi proponit in istis tribus generibus orator? Delectationem in exornatione, in iudicio aut saevitiam aut clementiam iudicis, in suasione aut spem aut reformidationem del …

All forms of delectatio (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.