beatitas
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
Latin > English
beatitas beatitatis N F :: supreme happiness, blessedness, a blessed condition, beatitude
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĕātĭtas: ātis, f. beatus,
I the condition of the beatus, happiness, a blessed condition, blessedness, = beata vita, felicitas; a word first used by Cic.: aut ista sive beatitas, sive beatitudo dicenda sunt (utrumque omnino durum, sed usu mollienda nobis verba sunt), Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95 (but he seems to have used neither of the two words again): apud Ciceronem beatitas et beatitudo, Quint. 8, 3, 32; so Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 9; App. Doct. Plat. 2.—Plur., Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĕātĭtās, ātis, f., bonheur, mot formé par Cic. sur beatus : Cic. Nat. 1, 95 (cf. Quint. 8, 3, 32 ) ; Apul. Plat. 2, 10 ; Aug. Civ. 10, 30, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
beātitās, ātis, f. u. beātitūdo, inis, f. (beatus), der glückliche Zustand, die Glückseligkeit, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 95, von Cicero gebildete u. nur an dieser Stelle von ihm gebrauchte Wörter, die erst bei Spätern, wie Petr., Apul. u.a., wieder vorkommen (vgl. Quint. 8, 3, 32): Plur. beatitudines, Augustin. de civ. dei 21, 17. Sidon. ep. 7, 6.
