laetitia

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from laet(us) (“happy”, “glad”) +‎ -itia (“-ity”, noun-building derivational suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫae̯ˈtɪ.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈtit.t͡si.a] === Noun === laetitia f (genitive laetitiae); first declension joy, gladness, happiness, pleasure, delight Synonyms: dēlicium, dēlectātiō, voluptās, gaudium, frūctus, alacritās Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, aegritūdō, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, dēsīderium Plautus, Poenulus 5.4.114-116 (c. 190 BC): Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.27.3 (c. 175 AD): Beda Venerabilis, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum 1.31 (c. 730 AD): ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== laeto ==== Descendants ==== Italian: lietezza Old French: lïesce French: liesse → Catalan: letícia → Italian: letizia → Old Galician-Portuguese: lediça (semi-learned) Galician: ledicia Portuguese: lediça, ledice, letícia, Lediça, Letícia → Romanian: letiție → Spanish: leticia === References === “laetitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “laetitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “laetitia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.