hilaris
Latin
Alternative forms
- hilarus, hylaris
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “propitious, gracious, kind”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɪ.ɫa.rɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.la.ris]
Adjective
hilaris (neuter hilare, comparative hilarior, superlative hilarissimus, adverb hilarē or hilariter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | hilaris | hilare | hilarēs | hilaria | |
| genitive | hilaris | hilarium | |||
| dative | hilarī | hilaribus | |||
| accusative | hilarem | hilare | hilarīs hilarēs |
hilaria | |
| ablative | hilarī | hilaribus | |||
| vocative | hilaris | hilare | hilarēs | hilaria | |
Related terms
Descendants
- French: hilare
- → Romanian: ilar
- Italian: ilare
- Portuguese: hilário
- Sicilian: ìlari
- → English: hilarious
- → Cebuano: hilaryos
- → Icelandic: Hilaríus m
References
- “hilaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hilaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hilaris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.