voluptas

See also: Voluptas

Latin

Etymology

From volup (“pleasurably”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈlup.taːs/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪ʊpt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈlup.tas/, [voˈlupt̪äs]

Noun

voluptās f (genitive voluptātis); third declension

1. pleasure, satisfaction, delight

   Synonyms: dēlectātiō, frūctus

2. (term of endearment) joy, charmer

   Synonyms: gaudium, dēlicium, laetitia, alacritās

   Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, aegritūdō, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, dēsīderium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	voluptās	voluptātēs
Genitive	voluptātis	voluptātum
Dative	voluptātī	voluptātibus
Accusative	voluptātem	voluptātēs
Ablative	voluptāte	voluptātibus
Vocative	voluptās	voluptātēs

Derived terms

• voluptābilis
• voluptārius/ voluptuārius
• voluptātīvus
• voluptificus
• voluptuōsus

Descendants

• French: volupté

  → English: volupty

• Italian: voluttà
• Spanish: voluptuoso

References

• “voluptas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “voluptas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• voluptas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to derive pleasure from a thing: voluptatem ex aliqua re capere or percipere
    
  • to revel in pleasure, be blissfully happy: voluptate perfundi
    
  • to take one's fill of enjoyment: voluptatibus frui
    
  • to take one's fill of enjoyment: voluptates haurire
    
  • to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure: se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
    
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis illecebris deleniri
    
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
    
  • to plunge into a life of pleasure: in voluptates se mergere
    
  • to hold aloof from all amusement: animum a voluptate sevocare
    
  • sensual pleasure: voluptates (corporis)
    
  • for one's own diversion; to satisfy a whim: voluptatis or animi causa (B. G. 5. 12)