verb transitive #3131

laeto

2nd PP laetāre · 3rd PP laetāvi · 4th PP laetātum · conj. 1st

to make joyful, to delight, cheer, gladden

to make joyful, to delight, cheer, gladden.

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Lit. (ante- and post-class.): oculos specie laetavisti optabili, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 132, 32: te ut triplici laetarem bono, Att. ib.: frontem alicujus serena venustate, App. M. 3, p. 134, 16.—

to fertilize, render fertile, manure •

In partic., of the soil, to fertilize, render fertile, manure (postclass.): in laetandis arboribus, Pall. 1, 6, 18: loca sterilia, id. 1, 6, 13.

Perseus ID: n25650 Key: laeto