pleasure Copy link Outline I. Delight, enjoyment1. vŏluptas (either in good or bad sense; but when standing alone, esp. in pl., usu. of sensual gratification)2. jūcundĭtas (enjoyment; not implying any vice or excess)II. Gratification, satisfactionIII. Will, liking1. arbitrium (authority that is beyond dispute)2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (mere liking or caprice)3. expr. by such verbs as, vŏlo, jŭbeo (these two often in combination of the authoritative decisions of the people of Rome); plăcet, vĭdētur • pleasure: I. Delight, enjoyment: 1. vŏluptas (either in good or bad sense; but when standing alone, esp. in pl., usu. of sensual gratification): bodily (sensual) p.: corporis v., Cic. Sen. 12, 39 (by no means, voluptas corporea, nor even, v. corporalis; though the latter adj. is used = corporis in later writers; as Sen.: Gell.): to derive (very) great p. from any circumstance, magnam, incredibilem v. ex aliqua re capere, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, extr.: ib. 5, 7, etc.: also, v. percipere ex aliqua re, id. de Or. 1, 44, 197: and stronger, voluptate perfundi (absol.), id. Br. 50, 188: a highly refined p., v. humanissima, id. Ac. 2, 41, 127: obscene (lascivious) p.s, v. obscaenae (= libidines), id. Tusc. 5, 33, 94. 2. jūcundĭtas (enjoyment; not implying any vice or excess): to unbend and take one's p., relaxare animos et dare se jucunditati, id. Off. 1, 34, 122. Relating to p., voluptarius: a man of p., homo v., id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18: arguments in favour of p., disputationes v., id. de Or. 3, 17, 62. II. Gratification, satisfaction: expr. by grātus: you will give us very great p., if ..., gratissimum nobis feceris, si ..., Cic. Sen. 2, 6: Caes. (Also, for gratum aliquid facere, gratificari: v. to gratify.) III. Will, liking: 1. arbitrium (authority that is beyond dispute): not at the dictate of another, but at their (the Roman people's) own p., non ad alterius praescriptum, sed ad suum a., Caes. B. G. 1, 36: on their own account and at their own p., suo nomine et a., ib. 7, 75: Hor. Join: (alicujus) nutu et arbitrio, Cic. R. Am. 45, 131. 2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (mere liking or caprice): Cic.: Sall.: v. caprice, fancy (II. 5). 3. expr. by such verbs as, vŏlo, jŭbeo (these two often in combination of the authoritative decisions of the people of Rome); plăcet, vĭdētur: it was the p. of your ancestors that ..., majores voluerunt ... (with acc. and inf.), Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26: the question was put to the people, is it your will and p. ..., rogatus in haec verba populus, velitis jubeatis ..., Liv. 22, 10, etc. Cic. (cf. Juv. 6, 222, Hoc volo, sic jubeo: sit pro ratione voluntas): such was the p. (of the gods), sic placitum (diis), Virg. Aen. 1, 283: Hor.: if such is your p. (if you wish), si placet, Cic. Rep. 2, 44: such was not the p. of the gods, diis aliter visum, Virg. Aen. 2, 428: Cic.: v. to please (II.). (N.B.--Placitum is not used as subs. = arbitrium: nor is the phr. ad bene placitum supported by authority.) See also will, inclination.