delectamentum

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τὸ γὰρ ἐμφυὲς οὔτ' αἴθων ἀλώπηξ οὔτ' ἐρίβρομοι λέοντες διαλλάξαιντο ἦθος → the red fox and the roaring lion cannot change the nature born in them

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēlectāmentum: i, n. id.,
I a delight (very rare): pro delectamento, amusement, pastime, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 79: delectamenta puerorum, etc., Cic. Pis. 25, 60: pacis, Nazar. Paneg. Const. 35: somni, Vulg. Sap. 7, 2.