libentia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lĭbentĭa (lŭb-), ae, f. [libens],

I delight, pleasure, joy (ante- and post-class.): onustum pectus porto laetitia lubentiaque, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 3: postquam erili filio Largitu's dictis dapsilis lubentias, id. Ps. 1, 4, 3: libentiae gratiaeque conviviorum, Gell. 15, 2, 7.—

II Personified: Lĭbentĭa ( Lŭb- ), ae, f., the goddess of delight , Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2; cf. the foll. art.