Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2102.uoluptās on page 2102
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voluptās pleasure
voluptās is a Latin Noun that primarily means pleasure.
Definitions for voluptās
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
pleasure
English derivatives:
voluptuary voluptuous
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
An agreeable experience or sensation (to the mind or senses), pleasure, delight. (b) (pred. dat.).
- 2
(applied to a person, esp. as a term of endearment) A source of pleasure, joy.
- 3
(pl.) Organized pleasures, entertainments.
Sentences with voluptās
Latin to English
Ea rēs mihi summae voluptātī erat.Compare That matter was for the greatest pleasure to me = gave me the greatest pleasure.
Fleque meos casus: est quaedam flere voluptas: expletur lacrimis egeriturque dolor.Compare Weep for my woe; in weeping there is a certain joy, for by tears grief is sated and relieved.
Suave, mari magno turbantus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.Compare Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free from them yourself is pleasant.
Nosse fidem rerum dubiasque exquirer causas, ingenium sacrare caputque attollere caelo, scire quot et quae sint magno natalia mundo principia ... divina est animi ac iucunda voluptas.Compare To know the truth, to inquire into uncertain causes, to immortalize genius, to lift one's head to the sky, to grasp the number and nature of the great universe's first principles ... this is the mind's divine and gratifying joy.
Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis. [De Rerum Natura,I,1]Compare Mother of Aeneas and his race, darling of men and gods, nurturing Venus, who beneath the smooth-moving heavenly signs fillest with thyself the ship-bearing sea and the fertile earth, since through thee every generation of living things is conceived and rising up looks on the light of the sun. [Tr. W. H. D. Rouse]
Divine Plato esca malum voluptas appello, quod is videlicet homo capio, ut hamus piscis.Compare Plato admirably calls pleasure the bait of sin, because by it, as he explains, men are caught, as fish by a hook.
Summus laus senectus est, quod is voluptas nullus magnopere desidero.Compare It is the highest praise of old age, that it does not greatly desire any sensual pleasures.
Certe nihil homo possum bonus sum quam vaco omnis dolor et molestia, perfruorque magnus et animus et corpus voluptas.Compare Assuredly nothing can be better for man than to be free from all pain and trouble, and to enjoy the greatest pleasures both of mind and body.
Declension table for voluptās
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | voluptās | voluptātēs |
| Gen. | voluptātis | voluptātum |
| Dat. | voluptātī | voluptātibus |
| Acc. | voluptātem | voluptātēs |
| Abl. | voluptāte | voluptātibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 64.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2102.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "voluptās, voluptātis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/voluptas-voluptatis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 64.voluptās, voluptātis on page 64
