voluptarius Latin · revision 34118

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la volup}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɔ.ɫʊpˈtaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [vo.lupˈtaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''voluptārius''' (feminine voluptāria, neuter voluptārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|voluptās|-ārius|t1=pleasure]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists it among the words built on the adverb [[m|la|volup|t=agreeably]], the base of [[m|la|voluptās]].^(de Vaan 2008) He suggests that ⟨volup⟩ might continue [[itc-pro|*w(e/o)lpi|t=hopefully]], the neuter of an i-stem [[ine-pro|*u(e/o)lp-i|t=hope, pleasure]], which would also account for [[grc|ἐλπίς|tr=elpís|t=hope]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of pleasant and delightful things, ''ex amoenīs rēbus et voluptāriīs'',^(OLD 2012) and calls the people of Epidamnus great pleasure-lovers and drinkers.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it of things that serve pleasure, such as estates kept for enjoyment, of taste as the sense most given to pleasure, and of discussions about pleasure;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) applied to people it means devoted to pleasure, and Cicero calls Epicurus a ''homō voluptārius'' and the Epicurean teaching a doctrine of pleasure.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Seneca speaks of a pleasure trip and calls mushrooms a delicious poison.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Later writers have the form ''voluptuārius'',^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Fulgentius and Boethius use ''voluptāria vīta'' of a life given to enjoyment.^(Georges 1913) In medieval Britain it is used of spending on pleasure as against necessary expense.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of pleasant things and pleasure-loving people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero calls Epicurus ''voluptārius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca writes of a ''peregrīnātiō voluptāria''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1298 – A Canterbury register uses ''voluptuārius'' of appetite, set against the needs of the sick.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Concerned with [[m|en|sensual]] pleasure; pleasant, delightful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # Serving only for pleasure, [[m|en|luxurious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(DMLBS)

+ # Dealing with the subject of pleasure.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Devoted to pleasure, pleasure-loving, [[m|en|voluptuous]]; used of the [[m|en|Epicureans]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voluptās]]

+ * [[volup]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}