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😌 Pleasure or delight 👸 Roman goddess
voluptas

voluptas

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A Roman goddess who represents bodily pleasure and is Cupid and Psyche's daughter
  • proper noun
  • NSFW
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  • Many ancient stories celebrate the joys brought by Voluptas, the goddess of sensual delight.
  • Baiarum Grata Voluptas
  • Grata Voluptas
  • Dunbabin, "Baiarum Grata Voluptas"

Examples

  • I've started to call her Voluptas.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Dunbabin, "Baiarum Grata Voluptas," 40.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In Roman mythology, Voluptas is often depicted as a beautiful goddess of pleasure.

  • The artists of the Renaissance depicted Voluptas to symbolize the beauty of earthly pleasures.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Voluptas is the name of a Roman goddess of 'pleasure' and 'delight'. She was said to be the daughter of Cupid and Psyche, and her name literally shows that she is the person who brings sensual joy.