amusement Copy link Outline I. Agreeable occupation1. ănĭmus (only in dependence on causā or gratiā)2. dēlectātĭo3. oblectātĭoII. That which amuses1. dēlectāmentum2. oblectāmentum3. oblectāmen • amusement: I. Agreeable occupation: 1. ănĭmus (only in dependence on causā or gratiā): do you suppose that the Romans are drilled every day by way of a.? Romanos animine causa quotidie exerceri putatis? Caes.: Cic. 2. dēlectātĭo: learning and literature which in prosperity seemed to afford a. only, now really (afford) safety too, doctrina et literae quae secundis rebus delectationem modo habere videbantur, nunc vero etiam salutem, Cic. 3. oblectātĭo: a. for the mind is sought for, and a respite from cares, o. quaeritur animi requiesque curarum, Cic. II. That which amuses: 1. dēlectāmentum: the a.s of boys, delectamenta puerorum, Cic. 2. oblectāmentum: the a.s of old age, oblectamenta senectutis, Cic.: the a.s of agriculture, o. rerum rusticarum, Cic. 3. oblectāmen: Ov.: Stat.--Note. Delectatio and delectamentum refer to things as in themselves sources of delight; oblectatio and oblectamentum rather to things which serve as diversion after toil: v. also pleasure.
AMUSEMENT Copy link • AMUSEMENToblectatio (amusement, a relative pleasure): delectatio (delight: a positive pleasure). For the sake or purpose of amusement, delectationis causa, animi causa, voluptatis causa; animi voluptatisque causa. To indulge in some relaxation and amusement, se jucunditati dare et animum relaxare. To lighten toil, labor, etc., by intervals of amusement, studia voluptatibus condire. To find amusement in any thing, delectari, oblectari aliqua re; aliqua re oblectari et duci; delectationo alicujus rei duci. Amusement as thing, oblectamentum: delectamentum (Ter., Cic.).