English Explanatory Dictionary

Voluptas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Roman goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. She is the Roman counterpart of Hedone.

Word forms

Voluptas Volupta

Etymology

From Latin voluptas (“Voluptuous, Pleasure, Bliss”).

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