joyfully

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ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

hĭlăris, e, and hĭlărus, a, um, adj., = hilaros [cf. Sanscr. hlād, rejoice; Gr. chlaros; Engl. glad], cheerful, of good cheer, lively, gay, blithe, merry, jocund, jovial.—Adj. (class.; syn. laetus).

Form hilaris:

oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 89; cf.:

hoc (vultu) tristes, hoc hilares sumus,

Quint. 11, 3, 72:

si tristia dicamus hilares,

id. ib. 67:

esse vultu hilari atque laeto,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

hilari animo esse,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1; cf.:

aliquem hilari ingenio et lepide accipere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 6:

ut hunc festum diem Habeamus hilarem,

id. Poen. 5, 6, 30:

hilarem hunc sumamus diem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 5:

laetum hilaremque diem sentire,

Juv. 15, 41:

hilaris fluit (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

oratio (opp. tristis),

id. 8, 3, 49:

causae (opp. tristes),

id. 11, 3, 151:

adulescentia,

id. 8, 6, 27:

id quod dicitur aut est lascivum et hilare aut contumeliosum.... In convictibus lasciva humilibus hilaria omnibus convenient,

id. 6, 3, 27:

infernis hilares sine regibus umbrae,

Juv. 13, 52.—

Form hilarus:

tristis sit (servus frugi), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; cf.:

credam istuc, si esse te hilarum videro,

id. As. 5, 1, 10:

unde ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 8:

fac te hilarum,

cheer up, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 56:

hunc (librum) lege arcano convivis tuis, sed, si me amas hilaris et bene acceptis,

Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1:

hilara vita,

id. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

hilaro vultu,

id. Clu. 26, 72; Plin. 7, 19, 18, § 79: fronte hilaro, corde tristi, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 1:

hilara sane Saturnalia,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; Lucr. 2, 1121.—

Comp.:

fac nos hilaros hilariores opera atque adventu tuo,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 56:

tu quidem pol et multo hilarior,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 5:

hilarioribus oculis quam solitus eras, intuens,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

attulit a te litteras hilariores,

id. Att. 7, 25:

hilarior protinus renidet oratio,

Quint. 12, 10, 28:

cutem in facie corrigit coloremque hilariorem facit,

brighter, fresher, Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144; cf. id. 36, 7, 11, § 55; 16, 10, 19, § 48.—

Sup.:

homo lepidissime atque hilarissime!

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 40:

conviva,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 72.—

Subst.: hĭlărĭa, ōrum, n., the joyous festival celebrated in honor of Cybele at the vernal equinox, Macr. S. 1, 21:

hilaribus,

Vop. Aurel. 1:

hilariis,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37.— Adv.: hĭlăre (class.), and hĭlărĭter (late Lat.), cheerfully, gayly, joyfully, merrily:

dicimus aliquem hilare vivere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92; cf.:

res tristes remisse, severas hilare tractare,

id. de Or. 3, 8, 30; so,

hilare,

id. ib. 2, 71, 290; Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; Tac. A. 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 34; Gell. 18, 2, 1:

deinde modo acriter, tum clementer, maeste, hilare in omnes partes commutabimus,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; 4, 55, 68: hilariter, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 6, 17; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 660.— Comp.:

si hilarius locuti sunt (opp. in luctu esse),

Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; Suet. Calig. 18.

laetĭtĭa, ae, f. [id.], joy, esp. unrestrained joyfulness, gladness, pleasure, delight (cf.: gaudium, hilaritas).

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.—

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.

laetor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [lit. pass. of laeto], to rejoice, feel joy, be joyful or glad [p. 1030] at any thing (syn. gaudeo); constr. with abl., with in, de, ex, or super and abl., with neutr. acc., with acc. and inf., poet. with gen.

With abl.:

ut quisquam amator nuptiis laetetur,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 37:

et laetari bonis rebus et dolere contrariis,

Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

sua re gesta,

id. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

laetor tum praesenti, tum sperata tua dignitate,

id. Fam. 2, 9, 1:

laetabitur cor meum quasi a vino,

Vulg. Zach. 10, 7:

juvenis specie,

Juv. 10, 310.—

With in and abl.:

laetaris tu in omnium gemitu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

in hoc est laetatus, quod,

because that, id. Phil. 11, 4, 9:

ad laetandum in laetitia gentis tuae,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 5:

in Domino,

id. ib. 96, 12; 84, 7 et saep.—

With de and abl.:

de communi salute,

Cic. Marc. 11, 33:

de labore suo,

Vulg. Sirach, 5, 18.—

With ex and abl.:

Vaccenses ex perfidia laetati,

Sall. J. 69, 3. —

With super (late Lat.):

super hederā,

Vulg. Jonah, 4, 6; id. Isa. 39, 2.—

With neutr. acc.:

illud mihi laetandum video, quod,

because that, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 1; but rarely with acc. of direct object:

laetandum magis quam dolendum casum tuum,

Sall. J. 14, 22:

hos erat Aeacides voltu laetatus honores,

Verg. Cul. 322.—

With acc. and inf. (freq. in Cic.):

istuc tibi ex sententia tua obtigisse laetor,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5; id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

quae perfecta esse gaudeo, judices, vehementerque laetor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

quem esse natum... haec civitas laetabitur,

id. Lael. 4, 14:

utrumque laetor, et sine dolore corporis te fuisse et animo valuisse,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 1; cf.:

nec vero Alciden me sum laetatus euntem accepisse,

Verg. A. 6, 392.—

With gen., in connection with memini:

nec veterum memini laetorve malorum,

Verg. A. 11, 280.—

Transf., of inanim. subjects, to delight, rejoice, be joyful:

omne vitis genus naturaliter laetatur tepore potius, quam frigore,

is fonder of warmth than of cold, Col. 3, 9 fin.:

frumenta omnia maxime laetantur patenti campo,

delight in, Pall. 1, 6, 15:

laetatur mons Sion,

Vulg. Psa. 47. 12.— Hence, laetans, antis, P. a., rejoicing, joyful, glad:

eos nunc laetantis faciam adventu meo,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 6:

nubit Oppianico continuo Sassia laetanti jam animo,

Cic. Clu. 9 fin. — Poet., of inanim. things:

loca,

delightful, cheerful, agreeable, Lucr. 2, 344.—

* Adv.: laetanter, with joy, joyfully, Lampr. Commod. 5.

laetus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root prī-, to cheer; prētis, joy, love; cf. Gr. praüs, praios; Germ. Friede, Freude; cf. also Latin gentile name, Plaetorius], joyful, cheerful, glad, gay, joyous, rejoicing, pleased, delighted, full of joy.

Lit., constr. absol., with de, the gen., the inf., or acc. and inf.

Absol.:

laeti atque erecti,

Cic. Font. 11, 33:

alacres laetique,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

vultus,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

dies laetissimi,

id. Lael. 3, 12.—In neutr. plur. as subst.:

litterae tuae partim laeta partim tristia continent,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1.—

With de:

laetus est de amica,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 45.—

With gen.:

laetus animi et ingenii,

Vell. 2, 93, 1; Tac. A. 2, 26:

laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 73:

irae,

Sil. 17, 308.—

With inf.:

laetus uterque Spectari superis,

Sil. 9, 453.—

With acc. and inf.:

laetus sum, fratri obtigisse quod volt,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1:

laeta est abs te (donum) datum esse,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 2.—

Transf.

Doing a thing with joy, cheerful, ready, willing:

senatus supplementum etiam laetus decreverat,

Sall. J. 84, 3:

descendere regno,

Stat. Th. 2, 396:

fatebere laetus nec surdum esse, etc.,

Juv. 13, 248.—

Delighting or taking pleasure in a thing; with abl. or inf.

With abl.:

et laetum equino sanguine Concanum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 34:

laetus stridore catenae,

Juv. 14, 23:

plantaribus horti,

id. 13, 123.—

With inf.:

et ferro vivere laetum Vulgus,

Sil. 9, 223.—

Pleased, satisfied with any thing; delighting in; with abl.:

classis Romana haudquaquam laeta praedā rediit,

Liv. 27, 31:

contentus modicis, meoque laetus,

Mart. 4, 77, 2.—With gen.:

laeta laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 73:

laetissimus viae,

indulging to the full, Sil. 17, 308.—

Pleasing, pleasant, grateful:

omnia erant facta hoc biduo laetiora,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

laetique nuntii vulgabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 5:

vitium laetissimi fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

virtus haud laeta tyranno,

Val. Fl. 1, 30:

militibus id nomen,

Tac. H. 4, 68.—

Favorable, propitious, prosperous:

venti,

Val. Fl. 4, 31:

sors,

id. 4, 540:

bellum,

Sil. 10, 552; Plaut. Am. prol. 2:

saecula,

Verg. A. 1, 605:

exta,

Suet. Caes. 77:

cujus (proelii) initium ambiguum, finis laetior,

Tac. A. 12, 40.—

Fortunate, auspicious, lucky:

prodigium,

Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197:

augurium,

Tac. H. 1, 62:

laeta et congruentia exta,

id. ib. 2, 4:

omina,

Petr. 122.—

Joyous in appearance, delightful, pleasing, beautiful:

vite quid potest esse cum fructu laetius, tum aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

segetes,

Verg. G. 1, 1:

lupae fulvo nutricis tegmine,

id. A. 1, 275:

ferarum exuviis,

Ov. M. 1, 475:

indoles,

Quint. 2, 4, 4:

colles frondibus laeti,

Curt. 5, 4, 9.—

In partic., in econom. lang., fertile, rich, of soil:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

laeta Clitumni pascua,

Juv. 12, 13.—Of cattle, fat:

glande sues laeti redeunt,

Verg. G. 2, 520.—

Abundant, copious:

laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

Verg. G. 3, 310; 3, 494:

lucus laetissimus umbrae,

id. A. 1, 441.—Of style, etc., rich, copious, agreeable:

nitidum quoddam genus est verborum et laetum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81.—Of the author:

(Homerus) laetus ac pressus,

Quint. 10, 1, 46.—

Pleasant, agreeable:

dicendi genus tenue laetioribus numeris corrumpere,

Quint. 9, 4, 17.—In neutr. sing., adverbially:

laetumque rubet,

with joy, with pleasure, Stat. Ach. 1, 323.— Hence, adv.: laetē, joyfully, gladly, cheerfully.

Lit. (class.):

auctorem senatus exstinctum laete atque insolenter tulit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

laete an severe dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.— Comp., Vell. 2, 45, 3:

neque refert cujusquam Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

more eagerly, Tac. A. 4, 33:

aliquid ausi laetius aut licentius,

Quint. 2, 4, 14.— Sup.:

laetissime gaudere,

Gell. 3, 15, 2.—

Transf., fruitfully, abundantly, luxuriantly:

seges laete virens,

Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.— Comp.:

truncus laetius frondet,

more fruitfully, more luxuriantly, Col. 5, 9, 10; cf. Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130.—

Lightly, not severely, without seriousness:

si quis putet nos laetius fecisse quam orationis severitas exigat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 6.

laetus, i, m., in late Lat., a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master, a serf, Amm. 20, 8, 13; Eum. Pan. 21, 1.—Hence,

laeta, ōrum, n., the land so cultivated, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 10.—

laetĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a laetus: laeticae terrae, Cod. Th. 13, 11, 9.