enjoyment Copy link Outline I. The act of enjoyingII. The sense of pleasure itself1. gaudium2. dēlectātio, oblectātio3. vŏluptas • enjoyment: I. The act of enjoying: expr. by ger., etc. of fruor, ūtor, etc.: more by the lack than the e. of it (friendship), magis carendo quam fruendo, Cic.: to increase our e. of what we have gained, *quo magis iis fruamur quae parta sunt: v. to enjoy. Phr.: he is in the e. of a competency, (ei) rerum suppetit usus, Hor.; *habet unde commode vivat, (R. and A.): II. The sense of pleasure itself: 1. gaudium: v. joy. 2. dēlectātio, oblectātio: v. amusement, delight. 3. vŏluptas: v. pleasure. Phr.: with patience, nay more, with e., aequo animo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 3.