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hilarus

hilarus

Latin

Adjective

hilarus m ‎(feminine hilara, neuter hilarum); first/second declension

cheerful, lively, light-hearted

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	hilarus	hilara	hilarum		hilarī	hilarae	hilara
genitive	hilarī	hilarae	hilarī		hilarōrum	hilarārum	hilarōrum
dative	hilarō	hilarae	hilarō		hilarīs
accusative	hilarum	hilaram	hilarum		hilarōs	hilarās	hilara
ablative	hilarō	hilarā	hilarō		hilarīs
vocative	hilare	hilara	hilarum		hilarī	hilarae	hilara

comparative: hilarior, superlative: hilarissimus

Synonyms

(cheerful): hilaris

Related terms

hilarē
hilarescō
hilaria

hilaritūdo
hilarō
hilarulus

Descendants

English: hilarious
Icelandic: Hilaríus m

References

hilarus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hilarus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hilarus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.