The corpus record — Latin

libentia

libentia · f

delight, pleasure, joy

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Where it lives

Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

lĭbentĭa — Lewis & Short

lĭbentĭa (lŭb-), ae, f.libens,

I delight, pleasure, joy (ante- and post-class.): onustum pectus porto laetitia lubentiaque, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 3: postquam erili filio Largitu's dictis dapsilis lubentias, id. Ps. 1, 4, 3: libentiae gratiaeque conviviorum, Gell. 15, 2, 7.—

II Personified: Lĭbentĭa (Lŭb-), ae, f., the goddess of delight, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2; cf. the foll. art.

In the wild

libentiae Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 15.2.7
Lubentiast Plautus, Asinaria 2.2

Where it came from

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