hilaritas

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós)bor.

Latin hilaris

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin hilaritās

From hilaris (“cheerful”) + -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɪˈɫa.rɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈlaː.ri.tas]

Noun

hilaritās f (genitive hilaritātis); third declension

1. cheerfulness, merriment, good humor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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.