gay Copy link Outline I. Cheerful1. festus2. laetus3. hĭlăris, eII. Lively, bright of hue1. flōrĭdus2. vĕgĕtus (lively)3. splendĭdus • gay: I. Cheerful: 1. festus: the g. theatres, f. theatra, Ov.: to lead on the g. dance, f. agere choros, Ov.: Plin. Ep.: v. festive. 2. laetus: to exchange mourning for g. attire, luctum l. cultu mutare, Tac. Ann. 2, 75: v. joyful. 3. hĭlăris, e: v. cheerful. II. Lively, bright of hue: 1. flōrĭdus: g. colours, colores f. (opp. to austeri), Plin. 35, 6, 12. 2. vĕgĕtus (lively): a very g. colour, color vegetissimus, Plin. 21, 8, 22. 3. splendĭdus: v. bright.
GAY Copy link • GAYCheerful, Vid: Bright, etc. (of colors, dress, etc.), clarus (bright; e.g., color): lucidus: splendidus (e.g., lucida vestis, Plin.; splendida vestis, Petronius): nitidus (bright): laetus (cheerful; nitida, laeta, opposed to horrida, inculta; Cic., Or., 11): varius (having several colors; hence, by inference,” gay;” of dress, etc.).