voluptas — Logoi (Latin)

Where it lives

De Vita Beata 68 · 93.6/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 403 · 80.58/10k
De Spectaculis 34 · 53.43/10k
De Herediolo 1 · 44.84/10k
De Senectute 32 · 38.73/10k
De Otio 7 · 35.7/10k
Helius 4 · 27.89/10k
De Bissula 1 · 27.25/10k
Gallieni Duo 7 · 19.05/10k
Cum Populo Gratias Egit 5 · 18.93/10k
Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 8 · 18.58/10k
Pro M. Caelio 14 · 16.53/10k

Densest 12 of 184 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vŏluptas — Lewis & Short

vŏluptas, ātis (

I gen. plur. voluptatum and -tium), f. Gr. e)/lpw, to hope; root velp-; cf. volo, satisfaction, enjoyment, pleasure, delight (whether sensual or spiritual; syn. oblectamentum).

I Lit.

A In gen.: omne id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est, ut omne, quo offendimur, dolor, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf.: huic verbo (voluptatis) omnes qui Latine sciunt, duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem jucunditatis in corpore, id. ib. 2, 4, 13 sq.: voluptas quae percipitur ex libidine et cupiditate (syn. jucunditas), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57: nulla capitalior pestis quam voluptas corporis, id. Sen. 12, 39: ex tuis litteris cepi una cum omnibus incredibilem voluptatem, id. Fam. 5, 7, 1: nec vero sum inscius, esse utilitatem in historiā, non modo voluptatem. Quid? cum fictas fabulas ... cum voluptate legimus? id. Fin. 5, 19, 51: frui voluptatibus, id. N. D. 1, 30, 84 et saep.: novum denique officium instituit a voluptatibus, an officer in the imperial household, master of the revels, Suet. Tib. 42 fin.—

B Personified, Voluptas, as a deity, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61.—

II Transf.

A Of persons, as a term of endearment: mea voluptas, my joy, my charmer, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 2: care puer, mea sera et sola voluptas, Verg. A. 8, 581.—

B Voluptates, sports, shows, spectacles, given to the people, Cic. Mur. 35, 74: ne minimo quidem temporis voluptates intermissae, Tac. H. 3, 83; Vop. Aur. 34; id. Prob. 19; Treb. Gall. 9 al. —

C The desire for pleasure, bent, passion: suam voluptatem explere, Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 19; cf. Gell. praef. § 14.—

D The male semen, Arn. 5, 158; Hyg. Astr. 2, 13.

In the wild

voluptas Cicero, De Partitione Oratoria 90
voluptatem Pliny the Younger, Letters 3.18.4
voluptate Seneca, De Beneficiis 3.17.3
voluptas Juvenal, Saturae 4.11.168
voluptatem Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.109
voluptates Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.41

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