English → Latin
“enjoy” in Latin
fruorto enjoy; to derive pleasure from; to engage (in)perfruorto enjoy thoroughlygaudiumjoy, delight
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
enjoy
frui, perfrui (aliqua re; the latter implying a continued enjoyment): voluptatem capere or percipere ex aliqua re (receive pleasure from; percipere with the same implied notion as perfrui): oblectari aliqua re: oblectari et duci aliqua re (am amused with, fond of, etc.): delectari aliqua re: delectatione alicujus rei duci: duci et delectari aliqua re (delectari of positive delight; oblectari rather of amusement and comparative satisfaction, that makes time pass pleasantly): gaudere aliqua re: laetari aliqua re. gaudium or laetitiam capere ex re (rejoice at anything). ☞ Frui, etc., must not be used except where there is a felt sense of pleasure; hence, to enjoy good health, prospera valetudine uti (not frui); valetudinis prosperitate uti; integra esse valetudine: to enjoy prosperity, success, felicitate uti (e.g., perpetua quadam felicitate usus est, Cic.). To enjoy a long peace, diutina pace frui (Nep.); pleasure, voluptate frui: percipere voluptatem; laetitia perfrui (Cic.); gaudio frui (Terentianus); gaudium haurire (Liv.): leisure, tranquillity, glory, otio, tranquillitate, gloria perfrui: to enjoy consideration and the glory of his past services, perfrui auctoritate rerumque gestarum gloria (Cic.); advantages, commodis frui; the pleasures of life, vitae jucunditatibus (voluptatibus) frui, perfrui: to enjoy these delights, his gaudiis perfrui: to enjoy a person, or a person’s company, aliquo or alicujus consuetudine frui.
To ENJOY ONE’S SELF (absolutely), se oblectare. I enjoyed myself tolerably well in my Cuman villa, ego in Cumano... satis commode me oblectabam (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for enjoy?
- The usual Latin words for “enjoy” are fruor, perfruor, gaudium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.