pleasure
pleasure
subs.
P. and V. ἡδονή, ἡ.
Delight: P. and V. τέρψῐς, ἡ, χᾰρά, ἡ, V. χαρμονή, ἡ (Plat. also but rare P.), χάρμᾰ, τό.
Take pleasure in: P. and V. ἥδεσθαι (dat.); see delight in.
Take pleasure in (doing a thing): P. and V. ἥδεσθαι (part.), χαίρειν (part.).
Such was the pleasure of the gods: V. θεοῖς ἦν οὕτω φίλον.
If this be the pleasure of the gods: P. εἰ ταύτῃ τοῖς θεοῖς φίλον (Plat. Crito 43d).
It is my pleasure: P. and V. δοκεῖ μοι.
A life of pleasure: V. ἡδὺ̆ς αἰών (Eur. Frag.).
Doing pleasure to her lord: V. χάριτα τιθεμένη πόσει (Eur. El. 61).
subs.
P. and V. ἡδονή, ἡ.
Delight: P. and V. τέρψῐς, ἡ, χᾰρά, ἡ, V. χαρμονή, ἡ (Plat. also but rare P.), χάρμᾰ, τό.
Take pleasure in: P. and V. ἥδεσθαι (dat.); see delight in.
Take pleasure in (doing a thing): P. and V. ἥδεσθαι (part.), χαίρειν (part.).
Such was the pleasure of the gods: V. θεοῖς ἦν οὕτω φίλον.
If this be the pleasure of the gods: P. εἰ ταύτῃ τοῖς θεοῖς φίλον (Plat. Crito 43d).
It is my pleasure: P. and V. δοκεῖ μοι.
A life of pleasure: V. ἡδὺ̆ς αἰών (Eur. Frag.).
Doing pleasure to her lord: V. χάριτα τιθεμένη πόσει (Eur. El. 61).
PLEASURE
Gratification 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.
Gratification 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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.