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Voluptas

Voluptas proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Voluptas

  1. (Roman) 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.

Forms of Voluptas

alternative formVolupta

Origin of Voluptas

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

Questions about Voluptas

What does Voluptas mean?
Voluptas means 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.
What part of speech is Voluptas?
Voluptas is a proper noun.

Words near Voluptas in the dictionary

  1. voluntourists
  2. Voluntown
  3. volunty
  4. voluptaries
  5. voluptary
  6. Voluptas
  7. volupties
  8. voluptuarian
  9. voluptuarians
  10. voluptuaries
  11. voluptuary

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