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  • The word "hilaris" in this connection does not imply joyful giving, but free, cheerful, willing and loving generosity, a generosity moved by slight entreaty.

    Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Martin Luther 1514

  • The name comes from the Latin hilaris, meaning cheerful or merry, and this seems pretty apt.

    Jezebel 2009

  • As a result, the word hilaria from the Latin hilaris which means cheerful. and the Greek hilaros which means glad came to refer to any festival of rejoicing.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Joanna Waugh 2009

  • As a result, the word hilaria from the Latin hilaris which means cheerful. and the Greek hilaros which means glad came to refer to any festival of rejoicing.

    April 1st -- Feast of Fools Joanna Waugh 2009

  • E theatro egressus hilaris, ac si pharmacum oblivionis bibisset.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Paul does not write quite so good Latin as Seneca: “I received your letters yesterday,” says he, “with joy.” — “Litteras tuas hilaris accepi.” — “And I would have answered them immediately had I had the presence of the young man whom I would have sent with them.” — “Si præsentiam juvenis habuissem.”

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Gladness prolongs his days, Ecclus.xxx. 22; and this is one of the three Salernitan doctors, Dr. Merryman, Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, [3496] which cure all diseases — Mens hilaris, requies, moderata dieta.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Aeneas Sylvius, Lucretie quum accepit Euriali literas hilaris statim milliesqua papirum basiavit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • And in conclusion (which Charles the Seventh, that good French king, published in an edict against gamesters) unde piae et hilaris vitae, suffugium sibi suisque liberis, totique familiae, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Two very common species, _Pandeleteius hilaris_ and _Tanymecus confertus_, appear to be polyphagous, without preference for any particular plant.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various

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