enjoy Copy link Outline 1. fruor, ĭtus and ctus, 3 (to derive enjoyment from2. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (to have the use or advantage of3. expr. by pass. of verbs under to delight4. gaudeo, gāvīsus, 2 (to rejoice in)5. expr. by bene est, pulchre est, with dat. of subject (to be well off) • enjoy: 1. fruor, ĭtus and ctus, 3 (to derive enjoyment from: with abl.): to e. pleasures, voluptatibus f., Cic.: to e. immortal existence, immortali aevo f., Lucr.: a thing to be e.'d by the eyes, res fruenda oculis, Liv.: to e. fully, perfruor, Cic. 2. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (to have the use or advantage of: with abl.): to e. any one's hospitality, hospitio alicujus u., Caes.: to e. but indifferent health, valetudine non bona u., Cic.: to e. the intimate acquaintance of any one, aliquo familiariter (familiarissime) u., Cic. 3. expr. by pass. of verbs under to delight: I e. being called a good man, vir bonus dici delector, Hor.: these things I feast on, e., revel in, his ego rebus pascor, his delector, his perfruor, Cic. in Pis. 20, 45. Also by act. with acc. of the person: how did you e. the party, ut juvit te coena? Hor. S. 2, 8, 1: I never e.'d myself more, sic (sc. me juvit), ut mihi nunquam in vita fuerit melius, ib. 2, 8, 3: v. to delight. 4. gaudeo, gāvīsus, 2 (to rejoice in): this I shall not only take in patience, but shall even e., haec feram non solum aequo animo, verum etiam gaudenti ac libenti, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 4, 3: how you always e. making sport of human life (misfortunes), ut semper gaudes illudere rebus humanis, Hor. 5. expr. by bene est, pulchre est, with dat. of subject (to be well off): what was the company you so e.'d, quîs coenantibus pulchre fuerit tibi, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20: he swears only married men know how to e. life, jurat bene solis esse maritis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 88: Pl. Phr.: e. the (present) day, carpe diem, Hor. Od. 1, 11, fin.: e. the sweets of life, carpe dulcia, Pers.: to e. the most exquisite pleasures, paratissimis vesci voluptatibus, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 57: e. the splendid spectacle, egregium spectaculum capessite oculis, Liv. 37, 24: to e. oneself (with pleasure, feasting, etc.), animo obsequi, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 8; genium curare, Hor. Od. 3, 17, fin.; genio indulgere, Pers. S. 5, 151.