oblectationem

Updated: June 12, 2025

Nos, se. Romanos. Spectaculo. Ablative. Invidere is constructed by the Latins in the following ways: invidere alicui aliquid, alicui alicujus rei, alicui aliqua re, alicui in aliqua re. Hess. Cf. Quint. Oblectationi oculisque. Hendiadys for ad oblectationem oculorum.

Cornelius Tacitus - Germania and Agricola

"Speak, you are permitted," said the Grand Master "speak, and say, knowest thou the capital of our holy rule, 'De commilitonibus Templi in sancta civitate, qui cum miserrimis mulieribus versantur, propter oblectationem carnis?" "Surely, most reverend father," answered the Preceptor, "I have not risen to this office in the Order, being ignorant of one of its most important prohibitions."

Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe