hilaritas

Latin

Etymology

From hilaris (“cheerful”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiˈla.ri.taːs/, [hɪˈɫ̪ärɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈla.ri.tas/, [iˈläːrit̪äs]

Noun

hilaritās f (genitive hilaritātis); third declension

1. cheerfulness, merriment, good humor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hilaritās	hilaritātēs
Genitive	hilaritātis	hilaritātum
Dative	hilaritātī	hilaritātibus
Accusative	hilaritātem	hilaritātēs
Ablative	hilaritāte	hilaritātibus
Vocative	hilaritās	hilaritātēs

Synonyms

• (cheerfulness): hilaritūdō

Related terms

• hilarē
• hilarescō
• hilaria
• hilaris
• hilariter
• hilaritūdo
• hilarō
• hilarulus
• hilarus

Descendants

• English: hilarity
• French: hilarité
• Friulian: ilaritât
• Italian: ilarità
• Portuguese: hilaridade
• Romanian: ilaritate
• Spanish: hilaridad

References

• “hilaritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hilaritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilaritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.