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hilaritas

hilaritas · f

cheerfulness

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Where it lives

Epaminondas 1 · 5.99/10k
Satyricon 10 · 3.29/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 2 · 2.96/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 2 · 2.65/10k
Florida 2 · 2.54/10k
Academica 1 · 2.05/10k
De Consolatione ad Polybium 1 · 1.76/10k
Octavius 2 · 1.72/10k
Orator 3 · 1.62/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 40 2 · 1.36/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

hĭlărĭtas — Lewis & Short

hĭlărĭtas, ātis, f.hilaris,

I cheerfulness, gayety, good-humor, joyousness, merriment, hilarity (class.): hilaritatem illam, qua hanc tristitiam temporum condiebamus, in perpetuum amisi, Cic. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.: tristitia deductis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur, Quint. 11, 3, 79: hilaritate et lascivia, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65: itaque hilaritatis plenum judicium ac laetitiae fuit, id. de Or. 1, 57, 243: hilaritas illa nostra et suavitas, id. Fam. 9, 11, 1: erat in M. Druso adulescente singularis severitas, in C. Laelio multa hilaritas, id. Off. 1, 30, 108: in praecordiis praecipua hilaritatis sedes, Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 198: ut hilaritate enitescant (oculi), Quint. 11, 3, 75: ceterae hilaritates non implent pectus, Sen. Ep. 23, 3: cum diei permittit hilaritas, fineness, pleasantness, Col. 9, 14, 18: arboris, i. e. a fresh or lively appearance, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118.

In the wild

hilaritas Cicero, De Oratore 2.236
hilaritate Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.3.p5
hilaritas Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi 9.7.3
hilaritate Pliny the Younger, Letters 8.19.2
hilaritatis Suetonius, Divus Augustus 98.3
hilaritatem Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.1.8

6 of 94 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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