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vŏluptārĭus (post-class. collat. form vŏluptŭārĭus , Capitol. Ver. 2; Mart. Cap. 2, § 144; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 92), a, um, adj. voluptas,
I.of or belonging to pleasure or enjoyment, pleasant, agreeable, delightful; devoted to pleasure, sensual, voluptuous: quamquam Stoici communi nomine corporis et animi ἡδονὴν appellant, ego malo laetitiam appellare quasi gestientis animi elationem voluptariam, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 35: “res (with amoenae),Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 45: “locus,id. Poen. 3, 2, 25: “possessiones,Cic. Att. 12, 25, 1: “gustatus, qui est sensus ex omnibus maxime voluptarius,susceptible of enjoyment, id. de Or. 3, 25, 99: “Epicurus, homo, ut scis, voluptarius,a man devoted to pleasure, a voluptuary, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18: “homines,id. Fin. 5, 25, 74: “quem mollem, quem voluptarium dicimus,id. Tusc. 5, 31, 88; Plaut. Rud. prol. 54.—As subst.: “voluptarii atque potatores maximi,Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 34; cf.: “voluptaria, delicata, mollis disciplina,Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: “disputationes,concerning sensual enjoyment, id. de Or. 3, 17, 62: “secta,Sen. Ot. Sap. 7, 3.—* Adv.: vŏluptārĭē , voluptuously: “transactis paucis noctibus,App. M. 3, p. 138.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.25.1
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    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.7
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