What is the Latin word for gratification?

The usual Latin words for “gratification” are explētiō, suāvitās, dēlectātiō; also oblectātiō, voluptās, nātūra. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“gratification” in Latin

explētiōfulfilment; satisfaction suāvitāssweetness (of taste); melodiousness, tunefulness (of sound); attractiveness (of appearance); pleasantness, agreeableness dēlectātiōdelight, pleasure, amusement oblectātiōdelight, amusement, diversion voluptāspleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction; joy, charmer nātūrathe nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing; character, temperament, inclination, disposition; nature, the natu tribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distribute concēdōto depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away; to disappear or vanish; to relinquish, concede, relent, subside

The English word gratification itself goes back to Latin grātus, through grātificātiō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

gratification

Act of gratifying, expletio (the filling, satisfying; e.g., of anybody’s natural desires, naturae, Cic.); or by circumlocution with the verb under GRATIFY. ☞ gratificatio (Cic.) is classical, but not with genitive. To do anything for anybody’s gratification, dare, tribuere, concedere, or gratificari aliquid alicui. To give anybody up for the gratification of the Senate, the people, concedere aliquem senatui; dare aliquem populo.

Pleasure, suavitas: delectatio: oblectatio: voluptas [SYN. in ENJOYMENT]: sensual gratification, voluptas corporis: mental gratification, delectatio or voluptas animi: to make sensual gratifications one’s first object, omnia ventre or voluptate corporis metiri: to look out or seek for sensual gratification, voluptaria quaerere: full of gratification, voluptatum plenus: anything affords or gives me some gratification, juvat me, with infinitive: to feel or derive some gratification from calling anything to one’s mind, alicujus rei recordatione frui: to derive gratification from anything, voluptatem ex aliqua re capere, or percipere or habere; libidinem in aliqua re habere (habitually, Sall., Cat., 7, 4); delectari aliqua re; voluptatem or delectationem capere ex re; est aliquid mihi in deliciis (is a favorite thing); delectatione alicujus rei duci: not to find any gratification in anything, aliquid nolle, improbare; a re abhorrere: aliquid mihi displicet, improbatur, non probatur: to be a gratification to the palate, palatum tergere (Hor., Sat., 2, 4, 24); palatum permulcere.

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What is the Latin word for gratification?: The usual Latin words for “gratification” are explētiō, suāvitās, dēlectātiō; also oblectātiō, voluptās, nātūra. 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.