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===adjective===

[[soft]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μαλακός]], [[ἁπαλός]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἁβρός]], [[τέρην]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθακός]].

[[fastidious]]<: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[τρυφερός]].

[[be delicate]], [[fastidious]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τρυφᾶν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἁβρύνεσθαι]].

[[fine]] (of texture), adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λεπτός]].

[[weak]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενής]].

[[be delicate]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενεῖν]].

[[causing scruples]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐνθύμιος]].

[[pretty]], [[elegant]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κομψός]].

[[tactful]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐμμελής]].

[[kind]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φιλάνθρωπος]].

[[the matter is a delicate one]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν]] (''[[Thesmophoriazusae]]'' 93).
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=delicate delicatius, delicatissime ADV :: delicately/tenderly/gently; luxuriously; frivolously; fastidiously; effeminately
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēlĭcāte</b>: adv., v. the [[following]],.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēlĭcātē</b>¹³ ([[delicatus]]), délicatement, voluptueusement : Cic. Off. 1, 106 ; de Or. 3, 63 &#124;&#124; avec douceur, délicatesse : delicatius Sen. Ira 3, 9, 1, avec quelque délicatesse &#124;&#124; nonchalamment, mollement : Suet. Cal. 43.||avec douceur, délicatesse : delicatius Sen. Ira 3, 9, 1, avec quelque délicatesse||nonchalamment, mollement : Suet. Cal. 43.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēlicātē, Adv. m. Compar. ([[delicatus]]), [[reizend]], [[elegant]], [[galant]], [[fein]], [[zart]], [[luxuriös]], [[üppig]], dah. [[auch]] [[gemächlich]], [[bequem]], [[multa]] [[delicate]] iocoseque fecit, Nep.: d. ac [[molliter]] vivere, Cic.: insternere d. arceram, Gell.: d. conficere [[iter]], Suet. – ([[iracundus]]) mollius delicatiusque tractetur, [[etwas]] [[zart]], Sen.: edendum delicatius, Treb. Poll.
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