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.
ENJOY Copy link • ENJOYfrui, perfrui (aliqua re; the latter implying a continued enjoyment): voluptatem capere or percipere ex aliqua re (receive pleasure from; percipere with the same implied notion as perfrui): oblectari aliqua re: oblectari et duci aliqua re (am amused with, fond of, etc.): delectari aliqua re: delectatione alicujus rei duci: duci et delectari aliqua re (delectari of positive delight; oblectari rather of amusement and comparative satisfaction, that makes time pass pleasantly): gaudere aliqua re: laetari aliqua re. gaudium or laetitiam capere ex re (rejoice at anything). ☞ Frui, etc., must not be used except where there is a felt sense of pleasure; hence, to enjoy good health, prospera valetudine uti (not frui); valetudinis prosperitate uti; integra esse valetudine: to enjoy prosperity, success, felicitate uti (e.g., perpetua quadam felicitate usus est, Cic.). To enjoy a long peace, diutina pace frui (Nep.); pleasure, voluptate frui: percipere voluptatem; laetitia perfrui (Cic.); gaudio frui (Terentianus); gaudium haurire (Liv.): leisure, tranquillity, glory, otio, tranquillitate, gloria perfrui: to enjoy consideration and the glory of his past services, perfrui auctoritate rerumque gestarum gloria (Cic.); advantages, commodis frui; the pleasures of life, vitae jucunditatibus (voluptatibus) frui, perfrui: to enjoy these delights, his gaudiis perfrui: to enjoy a person, or a person’s company, aliquo or alicujus consuetudine frui. To ENJOY ONE’S SELF (absolutely), se oblectare. I enjoyed myself tolerably well in my Cuman villa, ego in Cumano... satis commode me oblectabam (Cic.).