delicatus

dēlĭcātus, a, um, adj. [deliciae].

That gives pleasure, i. e. alluring, charming, delightful; luxurious, voluptuous.

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.—

As a flattering appellation:

ubi tu es delicata?

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 8.—

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.—

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious, voluptuous; and subst., a voluptuary, a wanton.

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, paidikôn, 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.—

Transf.

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.—

Fastidious, scrupulous:

aures,

Quint. 3, 1, 3;

vah delicatus!

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 37.—Hence, adv.: dēlĭcātē.

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.—

At one's ease, tardily, slowly:

conficere iter (coupled with segniter),

Suet. Calig. 43:

spargit se vitis,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.

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cĭbārĭus, a, um, adj. [cibus], pertaining to or suitable for food (class.):

res,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 1: leges, i. e. sumptuary laws, laws restraining luxury, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 13: uva, suitable only for eating, not for wine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37; cf.:

uva vilitatis cibariae,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 35.—

Subst.: cĭbārĭa, ōrum, n., food, nutriment, victuals, provisions, fare, ration, fodder (in the jurists a more restricted idea than alimenta, which comprises every thing necessary for sustaining life, Dig. 34, 1, 6; cf. ib. 34, 1, 12; 34, 1, 15;

and in gen. the whole tit. 1: de alimentis vel cibariis legatis),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 43; Cato, R. R. 56; Col. 12, 14; Suet. Tib. 46:

congerere,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 32;

Dig. l. l. al.—Of soldiers,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 3, 18; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 8; Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Quint. 5, 13, 17; Suet. Galb. 7 al.—Of the provincial magistrates, corn allowed to deputies:

cibaria praefecti,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72; 2, 3, 93, §§ 216 and 217; id. Fam. 5, 20, 9.—Of cattle, Cato. R. R. 60; Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6; 3, 16, 4; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Col. 4, 8, 5 al. —In sing., Sen. Ben. 3, 21, 2.—

Meton. (in accordance with the fare given to servants), ordinary, common:

panis,

black bread, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97 (cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 15: panis cibarius est, qui ad cibum servis datur, nec delicatus); so subst.: cĭbā-rĭum, ii, n., also called cibarium secundarium, the coarser meal which remains after the fine wheat flour, shorts, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87: vinum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 14:

oleum,

Col. 12. 50, 18 sq.:

sapor,

id. 12, 11, 2 Schneid.—

Trop.: cibarius Aristoxenus, i. e. an ordinary musician, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 15.

tyrannus, i, m., = turannos.

In gen., a monarch, ruler, sovereign, king (rare, and mostly poet.):

tyrannusque fuerat appellatus (Miltiades), sed justus... omnes autem et dicuntur et habentur tyranni, qui potestate sunt perpetuā in eā civitate, quae libertate usa est,

Nep. Milt. 8, 3; Verg. A. 4, 320; 7, 266; Ov. M. 6, 436; 6, 581; Luc. 7, 227; Val. Fl. 5, 388; 5, 548.—Of the Spartan king Nabis, Liv. 35, 12, 7.—Of Neptune, Ov. M. 1, 276.—Of Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 508.—Of the constellation Capricornus, because it ruled over, influenced the ocean, Hor C. 2, 17, 19.—

In partic., a cruel or severe ruler, a despot, tyrant:

tyrannorum vita,

Cic. Lael. 15, 52; id. Phil. 13, 8, 18; id. Vatin. 9, 23:

importunus atque amens,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103; id. Mil. 13, 35; id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57:

cum exitiabilis tyrannus (urbem) vi atque armis oppressit,

Liv. 29, 17, 19:

tyrannorum ingeniis mors est remedium,

Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; Flor. 1, 7, 3; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Verg. G. 4, 492; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58: animus noster modo rex est. modo tyrannus;

ubi impotens, cupidus, delicatus est, transit in nomen detestabile ac dirum, et fit tyrannus,

Sen. Ep. 114, 24.— Gen. plur.: tyrannūm novi temeritudinem, Pac. ap. Non. 181, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: non tyrannum novi, as acc. sing.).