LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

voluptās

voluptās f (genitive voluptātis)
Classical[wɔˈɫʊp.taːs]Ecclesiastical[voˈlup.tas]
№ 378 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. pleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction
    Ībis tandem aliquandō, quō tē iam prīdem ista tua cupiditās effrēnāta ac furiōsa rapiēbat; neque enim tibi haec rēs adfert dolōrem, sed quandam incrēdibilem voluptātem.Finally, at some point, you will go to that place where that unbridled and furious desire of yours has long been taking you; for this circumstance does not bring you pain, but rather a certain unbelievable pleasure.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.25
  2. joy, charmer

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

gaudium quod sēnsūs dēlectat; voluptās convīviī.
voluptās -ātis f — in Mille Verba, Convīvium
gaudium, dēlectātiō
voluptās -ātis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 4

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Cupido · Cupiditas · Libido · Voluptas

1. Cupido is the desire after something, considered actively, and as in action, in opp. to aversion; whereas cupiditas is the passion of desire, considered neutrally, as a state of mind, in opp. to tranquillity of mind. Cupido must necessarily, cupiditas may be, in construction with a genitive, expressed or understood; in this case, cupido relates especially to possession and money, cupiditas, to goods of every kind. Vell. P. ii. 33. Pecuniæ cupidine: and further on, Interminatam imperii cupiditatem. 2. Cupido and cupiditas stand in opp. to temperate wishes; libido (from λίψ) the intemperate desire and capricious longing after something, in opp. to rational will, ratio, Suet. Aug. 69, or voluntas, Cic. Fam. ix. 16. Libidines are lusts, with reference to the want of self-government; voluptates, pleasures, in opp. to serious employments, or to pains. Tac. H. ii. 31. Minus Vitellii ignavæ voluptates quam Othonis flagrantissimæ libidines timebantur. (v. 60.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevoluptāsvoluptātēs
genitivevoluptātisvoluptātum
voluptātium
dativevoluptātīvoluptātibus
accusativevoluptātemvoluptātēs
ablativevoluptātevoluptātibus
vocativevoluptāsvoluptātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

voluptatibus frui
to take one's fill of enjoyment.
voluptate perfundi
to revel in pleasure, be blissfully happy.
voluptates haurire
to take one's fill of enjoyment.
voluptates (corporis)
sensual pleasure.
in voluptates se mergere
to plunge into a life of pleasure.
animum a voluptate sevocare
to hold aloof from all amusement.
voluptatis illecebris deleniri
to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure.
voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure.
3 more phrases
se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure.
voluptatis or animi causa (B. G. 5. 12)
for one's own diversion; to satisfy a whim.
voluptatem ex aliqua re capere or percipere
to derive pleasure from a thing.

vŏluptas, ātis (
I. gen. plur. voluptatum and -tium), f. Gr. ἔλπω, to hope; root ϝελπ-; cf. volo, satisfaction, enjoyment, pleasure, delight (whether sensual or spiritual; syn. oblectamentum).
I. Lit.
A. 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.—
B. Personified, Voluptas, as a deity, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61.—
II. Transf.
A. 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.—
B. 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. —
C. The desire for pleasure, bent, passion: suam voluptatem explere, Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 19; cf. Gell. praef. § 14.—
D. The male semen, Arn. 5, 158; Hyg. Astr. 2, 13.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin voluptās From volup (“pleasurably”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Frenchvolupté
  • Englishvoluptyfrom French volupté
  • Italianvoluttà
  • Spanishvoluptuoso

In English words that came into English from voluptās

  • voluptuousvoluptuōsus
  • voluptuaryvoluptuārius

Quick answers

What does voluptās mean in Latin?
voluptās, a noun, means “pleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction; joy, charmer”.
What is the genitive of voluptās?
The genitive singular is voluptātis. voluptās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce voluptās?
In classical Latin, [wɔˈɫʊp.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [voˈlup.tas].