delicate
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
soft: Ar. and P. μαλακός, ἁπαλός, V. ἁβρός, τέρην, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.
fastidious<: Ar. and P. τρυφερός.
be delicate, fastidious, v.: P. and V. τρυφᾶν, V. ἁβρύνεσθαι.
fine (of texture), adj.: P. and V. λεπτός.
be delicate, v.: P. and V. ἀσθενεῖν.
causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.
pretty, elegant: P. and V. κομψός.
kind: P. and V. φιλάνθρωπος.
the matter is a delicate one: Ar. τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν (Thesmophoriazusae 93).
Latin > English
delicate delicatius, delicatissime ADV :: delicately/tenderly/gently; luxuriously; frivolously; fastidiously; effeminately
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēlĭcāte: adv., v. the following,.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēlĭcātē¹³ (delicatus), délicatement, voluptueusement : Cic. Off. 1, 106 ; de Or. 3, 63 || avec douceur, délicatesse : delicatius Sen. Ira 3, 9, 1, avec quelque délicatesse || nonchalamment, mollement : Suet. Cal. 43.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
