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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• joy (subs.):
      1. 1. gaudium: to feel excessive joy, gaudio compleri, Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69; cumulari maximo g., id. Fin. 9, 14, init.; triumphare gaudio, id. Clu. 5, 14; incredibili g. elatum esse, id. Fam. 10, 12, ad init.
      2. 2. laetĭtia (stronger than gaudium: exuberant joy): to cause very great joy in all, omnes maxima l. afficere, Caes. B. G. 5, 48, fin.: to feel excess of joy (exultation), exsultare laetitia, Cic. Clu. 5, 14; gestire, id. Fin. 2, 4, 14. Phr.: to shed tears of j., lacrimare gaudio, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 55: cf. Pl. St. 3, 3, 13, prae laetitia lacrymae praesiliunt mihi! (but this use of prae is hardly class. except in negative sentences). See also delight.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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1. v. Vid: “to DELIGHT (in),” To REJOICE.
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  • s. gaudium (joy as an inward state of mind): laetitia: hilaritas: alacritas (joy as manifesting itself outwardly; laetitia, chiefly in an unwrinkled forehead, and a mouth curled for smiling; hilaritas, in eyes quickly moving, shining, and radiant with joy; alacritas, in eyes that roll, sparkle, and announce spirit. The gaudens, the laetus, the hilaris, derive joy from a piece of good fortune; the alacer, at the same time, from employment or action, Döderlein). (The words are found in this connection and order.) gaudium atque laetitia: voluptas (mental or bodily pleasure). (The words are found in this connection and order.) laetitia ac voluptas: deliciae (in the tense of “joy,” “delight,” is poetical). To be the cause of joy to anybody, gaudium or laetitiam alicui afferre: your doing this has caused me a lively joy, magnum mihi gaudium attulisti, quod, etc.: anything fills me withj., magna laetitia, magno gaudio me afficit aliquid; aliquid summae mihi voluptati est; magnum gaudium, magnam laetitiam voluptatemque capio (percipio) ex aliqua re: anything has filled me with joy, aliquid me laetitia extulit (Cic.). To heighten anybody’s joy, to cause it to overflow, etc., gaudio aliquem cumulare; cumulum alicui gaudii afferre (both when a circumstance before mentioned had given the person much joy, which the one now mentioned heightens). To be beside one’s self with joy, efferri laetitia; laetitia exsultare (Cic.); gaudio exsilire, exsultare; laetum esse omnibus laetitiis (from the comedy of Caecilius., but often used by Cic.); nimio gaudio paenue desipere; prae gaudio, ubi sim, nescio: to sing for joy, laetitia excirari ad canendum: all received him with joy, eum advenientem laeti omnes accepere.
  • Tears of joy, elicitae gaudio lacrimae. To shed tears of joy, gaudio lacrimare, lacrimas effundere: I shed tears of joy, gaudio lacrimae mihi manant, or cadunt, or eliciuntur; prae laetitia lacrimae praesiliunt mihi (Plaut., Stich., 3, 2, 13).