JOYFUL Copy link • JOYFULhilarus or hilaris (cheerful): laetus (glad, joyful). A joyful mind, animus laetus, hilaris, bonus: a joyful look, oculi laeti or hilari: a joyful countenance, vultus laetus (Ov., Fast., 4, 343): a joyful life, vita hilara: a joyful day, dies hilaris, laetus. To be joyful, laetum, hilarum esse: to be joyful in consequence of anything, aliqua re gaudere (to rejoice) or laetari (to be glad): in a joyful manner, laete: hilare or hilariter: animo laeto (hilari). That causes joyfulness, renders joyful (as news, a message, occasion), laetus: jucundus (pleasant, delightful).