recreation Copy link Outline 1. rĕmissio2. rĕlaxātio3. oblectātio4. rĕquies, ētis and ēi, f.5. lūdus; I postponed my serious business to their r., posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, Virg. Ecl. 7, 17.6. laxāmentum7. văcātio8. āvŏcāmentum • recreation: 1. rĕmissio: to descend to all r. of the mind and to sport, ad omnem animi recreationem, ludumque descendere, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: the times of cares and of r.s divided, tempora curarum remissionumque divisa, Tac. Agr. 9. 2. rĕlaxātio: r. of the soul, animi relaxatio, Cic. Fam. 7, 26. 3. oblectātio: r. of the soul, animi, id. de Or. 1, 26, 118. 4. rĕquies, ētis and ēi, f.: that I might seek r. for my soul, ut requiem animo meo quaererem, Liv. 9, 17: as the r. and delight of my old age, ut meae senectutis requies oblectamentumque, Cic. Sen. 15, 52. 5. lūdus; I postponed my serious business to their r., posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, Virg. Ecl. 7, 17. 6. laxāmentum: that r. being allowed for thought, eo laxamento cogitationibus dato, Liv. 7, 38. 7. văcātio: r. after legal business, a causis vacationem, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 11. 8. āvŏcāmentum: Plin. Paneg. 82. Phr.: enjoying r.: (1). liber laborum, Hor. A. P. 212. (2). văcuus: Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13. (3). fēriātus. id. N. D. 1, 37, 102: on days of r., festis diebus, Hor. A. P. 210, 232.