the joyous festival celebrated in honor of Cybele at the vernal equinox

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.