merry Copy link Outline 1. hĭlăris or hĭlărus2. festīvus (befitting a holiday; gay, jovial)3. festus v. GAY. Phr. • merry: 1. hĭlăris or hĭlărus: v. cheerful. 2. festīvus (befitting a holiday; gay, jovial): a m. trick, facinus [lepidum et] f., Pl. Poen. 1, 2, 98: such m. games, tam f. ludi, id. Cas. 4, 1, 2. 3. festus v. gay. Phr.: to make m. with any one, satis jocose aliquem ludere, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12: cf. in faciem multa jocatus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 62: v. to joke.