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Definition of an Emotion — Part III

Latin

Gaudium est lætitia concomitante idea rei præteritæ quæ præter spem evenit.

English (Elwes 1883)

Joy is pleasure accompanied by the idea of something past, which has had an issue beyond our hope.

Modern English

Gladness is joy accompanied by the idea of something past that turned out beyond our hope.