delicate

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.

weak: P. and V. ἀσθενής.

be delicate, v.: P. and V. ἀσθενεῖν.

causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.

pretty, elegant: P. and V. κομψός.

tactful: Ar. and P. ἐμμελής.

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.