# Q for those who know Latin

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-those-who-know-latin/293258 "2005-03-06T22:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-those-who-know-latin/293258/1 "2005-03-06T22:55:50Z")

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I’ve been pondering this one for a while, because I’m thinking about changing my user name.

I took Latin in high school, but remember very little of it. If I wanted to use the feminine form of “laetus” in reference to myself, how would I do that? What I mean is, I’m looking for a word or phrase that translates to “happy woman” or something like that. Is it just “Laeta”? Thanks!

P.S. Is “Laetitia” a French word or straight Latin?

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-those-who-know-latin/293258/2 "2005-03-06T22:58:53Z")

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> [@Avarie537](#):
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> I’ve been pondering this one for a while, because I’m thinking about changing my user name.
> 
> I took Latin in high school, but remember very little of it. If I wanted to use the feminine form of “laetus” in reference to myself, how would I do that? What I mean is, I’m looking for a word or phrase that translates to “happy woman” or something like that. Is it just “Laeta”? Thanks!
> 
> P.S. Is “Laetitia” a French word or straight Latin?

The adjective is _laetus/a/um_. The femine form is _laeta_.

\*Laetitia \* is the Latin noun, meaning “joy”.