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com-plăcĕo , plăcŭi and plăcĭtus sum, 2, v. n. (except in Col., only ante- and postclass.).
I. To be pleasing at the same time, to please also: “postquam me amare dixi, complacita'st tibi,” Ter. And. 4, 1, 21: ut et tibi et Gallioni nostro complacuerat, * Col. 9, 16, 2; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 4.—
II. To be very pleasing to: “Veneri haec complacuerunt,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 22: “hoc deo complacitum'st,” id. ib. 1, 3, 3; cf. Gell. 18, 3, 4: “ejus sibi complacitam formam,” Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25; cf. App. M. 4, p. 157; Nemes. Cyn. 12. —Hence, complăcĭtus , a, um, P. a., pleased, favorable: “Musae,” Mart. Cap. 2, § 119; comp.: “deus, complacitior,” Vulg. Psa. 76, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.4
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 76.8
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 17.9.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.3.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.16.2
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