deliciosus

Latin

Etymology

From dēliciae +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.li.kiˈoː.sus/, [d̪eːlʲɪkiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.li.t͡ʃiˈo.sus/, [d̪elit͡ʃiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

dēliciōsus (feminine dēliciōsa, neuter dēliciōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. delicious
2. delicate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēliciōsus	dēliciōsa	dēliciōsum		dēliciōsī	dēliciōsae	dēliciōsa
Genitive	dēliciōsī	dēliciōsae	dēliciōsī		dēliciōsōrum	dēliciōsārum	dēliciōsōrum
Dative	dēliciōsō		dēliciōsō		dēliciōsīs
Accusative	dēliciōsum	dēliciōsam	dēliciōsum		dēliciōsōs	dēliciōsās	dēliciōsa
Ablative	dēliciōsō	dēliciōsā	dēliciōsō		dēliciōsīs
Vocative	dēliciōse	dēliciōsa	dēliciōsum		dēliciōsī	dēliciōsae	dēliciōsa

Descendants

• English: delicious
• French: délicieux
• Italian: delizioso
• Ligurian: deliçiôzo
• Portuguese: delicioso
• Romanian: delicios
• Spanish: delicioso

References

• “deliciosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deliciosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• deliciosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• deliciosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016