I.to make cheerful, to cheer, gladden, exhilarate (rare but class.): omnes jucundum motum, quo sensus hilaretur, Graece ἡδονήν, Latine voluptatem vocant, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 8: “Periclis suavitate maxime hilaratae sunt Athenae,” id. Brut. 11, 44; Ov. Pont. 4, 4, 37: “picas mirum in modum hilarari, si interim audierint id verbum,” rejoice, Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118: “ut cum caelo hilarata videatur (terra),” Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102: “hilaratus vultus,” Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13: “Festaque pallentes hilarent altaria lucos,” Stat. S. 3, 3, 24; App. M. 5, p. 168.
hĭlăro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. hilaris,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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