voluptarius

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From voluptas (pleasure) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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voluptārius (feminine voluptāria, neuter voluptārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pleasant, agreeable, delightful
  2. sensual

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • voluptarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • voluptarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • voluptarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a devotee of pleasure; a self-indulgent man: homo voluptarius (Tusc. 2. 7. 18)