vŏluptas (noun F) : (
* Gen. plur. voluptatum and -tium), f. Gr. ἔλπω, to hope; root ϝελπ-; cf. volo, satisfaction, enjoyment, pleasure, delight (whether sensual or spiritual; syn. oblectamentum).
* Lit.
* In gen.: omne id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est, ut omne, quo offendimur, dolor,Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf.: huic verbo (voluptatis) omnes qui Latine sciunt, duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem jucunditatis in corpore,id. ib. 2, 4, 13 sq.: voluptas quae percipitur ex libidine et cupiditate (syn. jucunditas),Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57: nulla capitalior pestis quam voluptas corporis,id. Sen. 12, 39: ex tuis litteris cepi una cum omnibus incredibilem voluptatem,id. Fam. 5, 7, 1: nec vero sum inscius, esse utilitatem in historiā, non modo voluptatem. Quid? cum fictas fabulas ... cum voluptate legimus?id. Fin. 5, 19, 51: frui voluptatibus,id. N. D. 1, 30, 84 et saep.: novum denique officium instituit a voluptatibus, an officer in the imperial household,master of the revels,Suet. Tib. 42 fin.
* Transf.
* Of persons, as a term of endearment: mea voluptas,my joy, my charmer,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 2: care puer, mea sera et sola voluptas,Verg. A. 8, 581.
* Voluptates, sports, shows, spectacles, given to the people, Cic. Mur. 35, 74: ne minimo quidem temporis voluptates intermissae,Tac. H. 3, 83; Vop. Aur. 34; id. Prob. 19; Treb. Gall. 9 al.
* The desire for pleasure, bent, passion: suam voluptatem explere,Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 19; cf. Gell. praef. § 14.
* The male semen, Arn. 5, 158; Hyg. Astr. 2, 13.