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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- laetĭtĭa, ae, f. [id.], joy, esp. unrestrained joyfulness, gladness, pleasure, delight (cf.: gaudium, hilaritas). I. Lit.:
laetitia opinio recens boni praesentis, in quo efferri rectum esse videatur
, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 14: laetitia dicitur exsultatio quaedam animi gaudio efferventior eventu rerum expetitarum
, Gell. 2, 27, 3: judicium plenum laetitiae
, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243: percipere laetitiam ex re
, id. ib. 1, 44, 197: prae laetitia lacrumae prosuliunt mihi
, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 13: ut mea laetitia laetus promiscam siet
, id. Ps. 4, 5, 11: totus in laetitiam effusus
, wholly dissolved in pleasure
, Just. 12, 13, 7: diem perpetuum in laetitia degere
, to spend joyfully
, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 6: ne me in laetitiam frustra conicias
, id. Heaut. 2, 3, 51: laetitiae dator
, i. e. Bacchus
, Verg. A. 1, 734: efferri laetitiā
, to be transported with joy
, Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68: exsultare
, id. Att. 14, 6, 2: perfrui
, id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: afficere aliquem
, id. Mil. 28, 77: comitia me laetitiā extulerunt
, have rejoiced me exceedingly
, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1: laetitiam capere oculis
, to enjoy
, id. Att. 14, 14, 1: dare alicui
, to give delight to
, id. Planc. 42, 103: et altera traditur circensis turbae non minus similis veri laetitia
, another outbreak of joy
, Liv. 45, 1, 6: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus ei obicerem domi
, this cause of joy
, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12; cf.: offerre laetitiam alicui
, id. Hec. 5, 3, 18.—Esp. of success in love, Prop. 1, 10, 12; 2, 6, 32.—Plur.: quaero quoi ter trinas triplicis tribus demeritas artibus Dem laetitias
, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 14: incessi omnibus laetitiis laetus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2.—II. Transf., pleasing appearance, beauty, grace: membrorum
, Stat. Th. 6, 571.—Luxuriance, fertility, of plants: trunci
, Col. 4, 24, 12: pabuli
, plenty, abundance
, Just. 44, 4, 14.—Of a fruitful soil: loci
, Col. 4, 21, 2.—Of speech, sweetness, grace: laetitia et pulcritudo orationis
, Tac. Or. 20.
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