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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=oblecto oblectare, oblectavi, oblectatus V :: [[delight]], [[please]], [[amuse]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ob-lecto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 2. [[lacto]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[delight]], [[please]], [[divert]], [[entertain]], [[amuse]] ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. [[with]] se and [[mid]].; syn. [[delecto]]); constr. [[usually]] aliquem (aliquid, se), [[with]] abl., [[with]] cum, [[with]] in and abl.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: ut [[quam]] diutissime te jucundā opinione oblectarem, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 1: cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent, id. Rep. 1, 17, 28: se agri cultione, id. Sen. 16, 56; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 115: aliquem [[falso]] gaudio, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 102: Musae me oblectant carmine, Cat. 66, 8.—With an impers. [[object]]: legentium animos fictis oblectare, Tac. H. 2, 50; so, [[ironically]]: [[paulum]] praesidii, qui familiarem suam vitam oblectet [[modo]], [[cheer]], [[comfort]], Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46: vitam [[sordido]] [[pane]], id. As. 1, 2, 16.—Mid.: in communibus miseriis hac [[tamen]] oblectabar speculā, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5: ludis oblectamur, id. Mur. 19, 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With cum: oblecta te cum Cicerone [[quam]] bellissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4: cum his me [[oblecto]], qui res gestas scripserunt, id. de Or. 2, 14, 61; cf. elliptically: ego me [[interea]] cum libellis, id. Att. 12, 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in: in eo me [[oblecto]], I [[delight]] in him, he is my [[delight]], Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 24: se in hortis, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 58: ego me in Cumano et Pompeiano [[satis]] [[commode]] oblectabam, i. e. amused [[myself]] [[excellently]] [[well]] in Cumanum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: [[minime]] [[equidem]] me oblectavi, id. ib. 1, 2, 10: hortulos [[emere]] ubi se oblectare posset, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: ut te oblectes scire [[cupio]], id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: populum, Hor. A. P. 321.—With an impers. [[object]]: haec studia adulescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, Cic. Arch. 7, 16; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87: animos, Ov. R. Am. 169; Tac. H. 2, 50: animum, Juv. 14, 265.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[spend]] or [[pass]] [[time]] [[agreeably]]: [[studio]] lacrimabile [[tempus]], Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 1: [[iners]] [[otium]], Tac. A. 12, 49: [[inter]] cenam oblectamus [[otium]] temporis, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hence, to [[delay]], [[detain]]: ego illum [[interea]] hic oblectabo, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 83: dic mi ubi, Philotis, te oblectāsti tam diu, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>oblectō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre (ob, [[lacto]]), tr., amuser, récréer : [[aliqua]] re se Cic. CM 56, se récréer au moyen de qqch., prendre du plaisir à qqch. ; se oblectare abs<sup>t</sup> Cic. Q. 2, 12, 1 ; Off. 3, 58, se distraire ; hæc studia senectutem oblectant Cic. Arch. 16, ces études font le charme de la vieillesse ; se cum [[aliquo]] Cic. de Or. 2, 61 ; Q. 2, 13, 4, prendre du plaisir avec qqn, dans la compagnie de qqn [ou se [[aliquo]] Ter. Eun. 195 ] ; in [[aliqua]] re se Ter. Ad. 49, prendre un plaisir dans qqch. &#124;&#124; charmer, occuper agréablement [le temps] : Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 14, 2.||charmer, occuper agréablement [le temps] : Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 14, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=oblecto, āvī, ātum, āre (ob u. [[lacto]]), I) zum [[Zeitvertreib]] [[ergötzen]], senectutem, Cic.: populum, Hor.: fictis legentium animos, Tac.: eruditorum hominum aures, Gell.: se, Cic.: se cum alqo, Cic.: se in alqo, an jmd., Ter.: se scriptis, Cic.: se aleā, Suet.: me te (Abl.) oblectes, Ter. – medial, oblectari, [[sich]] [[ergötzen]], ludis, Cic.: ceris fingendis, Iustin. – obl. intr. = se obl., si portisculorum et remigum visu audituque oblectares, Fronton. epist. de [[fer]]. Als. 3. p. 224, 15 N. – II) übtr., eine [[Zeit]] [[angenehm]] [[ausfüllen]], [[otium]] temporis, Plin. ep.: [[iners]] [[otium]], Ter.: moras, Ov.: [[tempus]] lacrimabile studio, Ov.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=oblecto, as, are. (''lacio''.) :: 悦心。樂人。安慰。— otium temporis 空畤玩耍。Oblectari ea re 悦此物。
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