pleasure Copy link Outline I. Delight, enjoyment1. vŏluptas (either in good or bad sense; but when standing alone, esp. in pl., usu. of sensual gratification)2. jūcundĭtas (enjoyment; not implying any vice or excess)II. Gratification, satisfactionIII. Will, liking1. arbitrium (authority that is beyond dispute)2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (mere liking or caprice)3. expr. by such verbs as, vŏlo, jŭbeo (these two often in combination of the authoritative decisions of the people of Rome); plăcet, vĭdētur • pleasure: I. Delight, enjoyment: 1. vŏluptas (either in good or bad sense; but when standing alone, esp. in pl., usu. of sensual gratification): bodily (sensual) p.: corporis v., Cic. Sen. 12, 39 (by no means, voluptas corporea, nor even, v. corporalis; though the latter adj. is used = corporis in later writers; as Sen.: Gell.): to derive (very) great p. from any circumstance, magnam, incredibilem v. ex aliqua re capere, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, extr.: ib. 5, 7, etc.: also, v. percipere ex aliqua re, id. de Or. 1, 44, 197: and stronger, voluptate perfundi (absol.), id. Br. 50, 188: a highly refined p., v. humanissima, id. Ac. 2, 41, 127: obscene (lascivious) p.s, v. obscaenae (= libidines), id. Tusc. 5, 33, 94. 2. jūcundĭtas (enjoyment; not implying any vice or excess): to unbend and take one's p., relaxare animos et dare se jucunditati, id. Off. 1, 34, 122. Relating to p., voluptarius: a man of p., homo v., id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18: arguments in favour of p., disputationes v., id. de Or. 3, 17, 62. II. Gratification, satisfaction: expr. by grātus: you will give us very great p., if ..., gratissimum nobis feceris, si ..., Cic. Sen. 2, 6: Caes. (Also, for gratum aliquid facere, gratificari: v. to gratify.) III. Will, liking: 1. arbitrium (authority that is beyond dispute): not at the dictate of another, but at their (the Roman people's) own p., non ad alterius praescriptum, sed ad suum a., Caes. B. G. 1, 36: on their own account and at their own p., suo nomine et a., ib. 7, 75: Hor. Join: (alicujus) nutu et arbitrio, Cic. R. Am. 45, 131. 2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (mere liking or caprice): Cic.: Sall.: v. caprice, fancy (II. 5). 3. expr. by such verbs as, vŏlo, jŭbeo (these two often in combination of the authoritative decisions of the people of Rome); plăcet, vĭdētur: it was the p. of your ancestors that ..., majores voluerunt ... (with acc. and inf.), Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26: the question was put to the people, is it your will and p. ..., rogatus in haec verba populus, velitis jubeatis ..., Liv. 22, 10, etc. Cic. (cf. Juv. 6, 222, Hoc volo, sic jubeo: sit pro ratione voluntas): such was the p. (of the gods), sic placitum (diis), Virg. Aen. 1, 283: Hor.: if such is your p. (if you wish), si placet, Cic. Rep. 2, 44: such was not the p. of the gods, diis aliter visum, Virg. Aen. 2, 428: Cic.: v. to please (II.). (N.B.--Placitum is not used as subs. = arbitrium: nor is the phr. ad bene placitum supported by authority.) See also will, inclination.
PLEASURE Copy link • PLEASUREGratification, delight, delectatio, oblectatio (in active or passive sense): delectamentum, oblectamentum (a pleasing object, source of pleasure): deliciae, plur. (that which delights the mind or senses by agreeable excitement): voluptas (enjoyment, delight, of mind or body, in good or bad sense): Pleasures of sense, voluptates (corporis, Cic.); voluptates corporales (Sen.; ☞ not corporeae = having a body): your letter gave me great pleasure, ex epistola voluptatem cepi, accepi; gratae, jucundae mihi litterae fuerunt: with pleasure, cum voluptate, libenter: to give one’s self up to pleasure, indulgere voluptati; se dedere voluptatibus; se dare jucunditati voluptates captare. Liking, what the will dictates, libido (desire): arbitrium (will, inclination). To find pleasure in anything, libidinem habere in re (Sall., Cat., 7, 4); gaudere aliqua re (to delight in anything; Vid: Hor., A; P., 162 sq.): delectari aliqua re, voluptatem or oblectationem capere ex re (to delight in, to enjoy anything): amare aliquid (to love): adamare aliquid (to conceive an affection for): to take no pleasure in anything, rem nolle, improbare; a re abhorrere: to do a pleasure to anyone, gratificari, morem gerere alicui (to comply with, to gratify): obsequi alicui or alicujus voluntati (to fall in with anybody’s will from inclination): to do anything for anybody’s pleasure, alicui aliquid gratificari; dare, tribuere alicui (alicui rei) aliquid (see Cortte, Cic., Ep., 4, 5, 16; Herzog, Caes., B.G., 6, 1); and so “for anybody’s pleasure” is frequently rendered in Latin by a simple dative; e.g., I do this for his pleasure, ei hoc do, tribuo: for his pleasure, ejus gratia (☞ in ejus gratiam is not classical): at one’s pleasure, suo commodo (at one’s convenience): ad libidinem, ex libidine (according to one’s humor or will): arbitrio suo, ad arbitrium suum (as one likes; ☞ ad placitum, ad bene placitum, ad voluntatem, are not Latin): at my pleasure, ad arbitrium nostrum libidinemque: to live at one’s pleasure, sibi indulgere (to indulge one’s self). Anything done agreeably to one’s will, officium (service): beneficium (benefit). To do a pleasure to anybody, gratum alicui facere; (more strongly) gratissimum, pergratum, percommode alicui facere; optatissimum alicui beneficium offerre (unasked, Caes., B.G., 6, 42, extr.): you have done me a very great pleasure in that, gratissimum illud mihi fecisti: you cannot do me a greater pleasure, nihil est quod gratius mihi facere possis; hoc mihi gratius nihil facere potes: if you will do me a pleasure, si me amas (as a form of entreaty, in common life; Vid: Heindorf, Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 38): it will be a pleasure to me, hoc mihi gratum erit.