hilaris

Latin

Alternative forms

• hylaris

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “propitious, gracious, kind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.la.ris/, [ˈhɪɫ̪ärɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.la.ris/, [ˈiːläris]

Adjective

hilaris (neuter hilare, comparative hilarior, superlative hilarissimus, adverb hilarē or hilariter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. cheerful, lively, light-hearted, merry, jovial

   Synonyms: laetus, libēns, alacer, hilarus

   Antonyms: trīstis, infelix, maestus, miser, aeger

   Nātāle hilare! ― Merry Christmas!

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	hilaris	hilare		hilarēs	hilaria
genitive	hilaris			hilarium
dative	hilarī			hilaribus
accusative	hilarem	hilare		hilarēs hilarīs	hilaria
ablative	hilarī			hilaribus
vocative	hilaris	hilare		hilarēs	hilaria

Synonyms

• hilarus

Related terms

• hilarē
• hilarescō
• hilaria
• hilaritās
• hilariter
• hilaritūdo
• hilarō
• hilarulus
• hilarus

Descendants

• French: hilare
  • → Romanian: ilar
• Italian: ilare
• Portuguese: hilário
• Sicilian: ìlari
• → English: hilarious
  • → Cebuano: hilaryos
• → Icelandic: Hilaríus m

References

• “hilaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hilaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.