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laetifico

laetifico · v. a

to cheer, gladden, delight

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Where it lives

Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
de Natura Deorum 2 · 0.56/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

laetĭfĭco — Lewis & Short

laetĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.laetificus,

I to cheer, gladden, delight; constr. with abl. (rare but class.): non illum gloria pulsi Laetificat Magni, Luc. 3, 48: sol laetificat terram, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102; Vulg. Psa. 21, 7: corda, id. ib. 19, 9; 103, 15.— Mid., to rejoice, be glad respecting any thing: nunc eo alii laetificantur Meo malo et damno, Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 15.—

II In partic., in agriculture, to render fruitful, to fertilize, enrich, manure the ground: Indus agros laetificat et mitigat, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: faba solum laetificat, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 120: agrum, id. 17, 9, 6, § 50: laetificata seges, Sedul. 1, 41.—Hence, laetĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., rejoicing, joyous (ante-class.): unde ego omnes hilares, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 8.

In the wild

laetificas Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.2
laetifica Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.1.3
laetificat Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.102
laetificat Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.130.p2
laetifica Seneca, Troades 1
laetificent Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.8

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