hilarus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.la.rus/, [ˈhɪɫ̪ärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.la.rus/, [ˈiːlärus]

Adjective

hilarus (feminine hilara, neuter hilarum, comparative hilarior, superlative hilarissimus, adverb hilarē or hilariter); first/second-declension adjective

1. cheerful, lively, light-hearted

   Synonyms: laetus, libēns, alacer, hilaris

   Antonyms: trīstis, infelix, maestus, miser, aeger

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hilarus	hilara	hilarum		hilarī	hilarae	hilara
Genitive	hilarī	hilarae	hilarī		hilarōrum	hilarārum	hilarōrum
Dative	hilarō		hilarō		hilarīs
Accusative	hilarum	hilaram	hilarum		hilarōs	hilarās	hilara
Ablative	hilarō	hilarā	hilarō		hilarīs
Vocative	hilare	hilara	hilarum		hilarī	hilarae	hilara

Synonyms

• (cheerful): hilaris

Related terms

• hilarē
• hilarescō
• hilaria
• hilaris
• hilaritās
• hilariter
• hilaritūdo
• hilarō
• hilarulus

Descendants

• English: hilarious
• Icelandic: Hilaríus m

References

• “hilarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hilarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.