hilaritas
Hilaritas is a Latin noun meaning cheerfulness, merriment, or gaiety. It denotes a positive state of mood or disposition and is often used to describe the quality of being cheerful in a person or in social life. The term forms from the Latin root hilarus, meaning cheerful, with the abstract noun suffix -tas, yielding hilaritas.
In classical and late antique Latin literature, hilaritas is used to characterize a buoyant, optimistic attitude
Culturally, hilaritas has also been personified in some late antique and medieval sources as a deity or
In modern usage, hilaritas underpins the English word hilarity and continues to appear in discussions of Latin