laetĭtĭa — Lewis & Short
laetĭtĭa, ae, f.id.,
I 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.