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1 VOL-, satisfaction, enjoyment, pleasure, delight: omne id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est: voluptas quae percipitur ex libidine et cupiditate: fictas fabulas . . . cum voluptate legimus?: gubernacula rei p. petere . . . adhibendis voluptatibus, i. e. by splendid <*>ntertainments.—Person., as a deity, C. —Poet.: care puer, mea sera et sola voluptas, my joy, V.—A desire, passion, inclination: suam voluptatem explere, T.—Plur, public shows, games, C., Ta.