laetĭtĭa (noun F) : id.
* Joy, esp. unrestrained joyfulness, gladness, pleasure, delight (cf.: gaudium, hilaritas).
* Lit.: laetitia opinio recens boni praesentis, in quo efferri rectum esse videatur,Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 14: laetitia dicitur exsultatio quaedam animi gaudio efferventior eventu rerum expetitarum,Gell. 2, 27, 3: judicium plenum laetitiae,Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243: percipere laetitiam ex re,id. ib. 1, 44, 197: prae laetitia lacrumae prosuliunt mihi,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 13: ut mea laetitia laetus promiscam siet,id. Ps. 4, 5, 11: totus in laetitiam effusus,wholly dissolved in pleasure,Just. 12, 13, 7: diem perpetuum in laetitia degere,to spend joyfully,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 6: ne me in laetitiam frustra conicias,id. Heaut. 2, 3, 51: laetitiae dator,i. e. Bacchus,Verg. A. 1, 734: efferri laetitiā,to be transported with joy,Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68: exsultare,id. Att. 14, 6, 2: perfrui,id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: afficere aliquem,id. Mil. 28, 77: comitia me laetitiā extulerunt,have rejoiced me exceedingly,id. Fam. 2, 10, 1: laetitiam capere oculis,to enjoy,id. Att. 14, 14, 1: dare alicui,to give delight to,id. Planc. 42, 103: et altera traditur circensis turbae non minus similis veri laetitia,another outbreak of joy,Liv. 45, 1, 6: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus ei obicerem domi,this cause of joy,Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12; cf.: offerre laetitiam alicui,id. Hec. 5, 3, 18.—Esp. of success in love, Prop. 1, 10, 12; 2, 6, 32.—Plur.: quaero quoi ter trinas triplicis tribus demeritas artibus Dem laetitias,Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 14: incessi omnibus laetitiis laetus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2.
* Transf., pleasing appearance, beauty, grace: membrorum,Stat. Th. 6, 571.—Luxuriance, fertility, of plants: trunci,Col. 4, 24, 12: pabuli,plenty, abundance,Just. 44, 4, 14.—Of a fruitful soil: loci,Col. 4, 21, 2.—Of speech, sweetness, grace: laetitia et pulcritudo orationis,Tac. Or. 20.

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