laetus (the proper word, joyfully excited): hilarus: hilaris (cheerful, gay, merry; both of persons and their spirits; figuratively, of things, as gestures, face, a day): alacer (lively, ready for an undertaking). To be glad, laetum, alacrem et laetum, hilarum esse: to be glad at anything, laetari aliqua re: to be very glad, laetitia se efferre; gaudio perfusum esse; at anything, a re (Vid: Liv., 30, 16, in.): to make or render glad, hilarem facere aliquem (general term); aliquem or alicujus animum exhilarare, ad laetitiam excitare (of things). I was far from glad to see the handwriting of Alexis, Alexidis manum non amabam (Cic., Att., 7, 2, p. in.).