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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
Felicitas,-atis (s.f.III), abl.sg. felicitate: the quality or state of being happy; (intense) happiness, joy, joyfulness, delight, cheer, cheerfulness, gaiety, rapture, bliss, euphoria; fertility; happiness [> L. felix, gen.sg. felicis (adj.B), q.v., fruitful, fertile; fortunate, favorable, lucky].

NOTE: felicity (Eng.noun) “the ability to find appropriate expression for one’s thoughts, eloquence, suitability, applicability, relevance” (on line Dictionary, Feb. 2019).

good fortune, success (especially in war): Felicitas, the goddess. Good Fortune, with a temple in Rome [> L. felix,-icis (adj.B) fortunate].

NOTE also: Diva Perpetua, Diva Felicitas = Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Christian martyrs, Saint Felicity originally a slave of Saint Perpetua;

- Ultra Juguli Plebaniam in Castaneto Monialium Divæ Felicitatis, & in umbrosis ambulacris viridarii Boboli (Dill.), beyond the parsonage of the Jugulum [Plebania Juguli] in the Chestnut [Castanea] grove of the nuns of Saint Felicity, and in the shaded promenade of the Viridarium [i.e. Garden] of Boboli.

- In Сasiniani Paroecia multis in locis, speciatim per sylvam Моnialium Divae Felicitatis, Оctobri mense (Mich.) in many places in the Casinian Parish, especially throughout the forest of the Sisters of Saint Felicity.

 

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