Latin

Noun

gaudium n ‎(genitive gaudiī); second declension

1. joy, delight

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• gaudiālis
• gaudibundus
• gaudimōnium
• gaudivigēns

Related terms

• gaudēns
• gaudeō
• gāvīsus

Descendants

References

• gaudium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gaudium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gaudium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to weep for joy: gaudio lacrimare
    
  • to give pleasure to some one: afficere aliquem gaudio, laetitia
    
  • to be filled with delight: gaudio perfundi
    
  • to add the crowning point to a person's joy: cumulum gaudii alicui afferre (vid. sect. V. 6) (Fam. 16. 21. 1)
    
  • to utter cries of joy: gaudio, laetitia exsultare
    
  • to be beside oneself with joy: gaudio, laetitia efferri
    
  • to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere