iucundus
Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From iuvō (“to delight, please”) + -cundus. -undus should be considered for etymological origins.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /i̯uːˈkun.dus/, [i̯uːˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /juˈkun.dus/, [juˈkun̪d̪us]
Adjective
[edit]iūcundus (feminine iūcunda, neuter iūcundum, comparative iūcundior, superlative iūcundissimus, adverb iūcundē); first/second-declension adjective
- pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicious
- Synonyms: peramoenus, commodus
- Antonym: ingrātus
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | iūcundus | iūcunda | iūcundum | iūcundī | iūcundae | iūcunda | |
| genitive | iūcundī | iūcundae | iūcundī | iūcundōrum | iūcundārum | iūcundōrum | |
| dative | iūcundō | iūcundae | iūcundō | iūcundīs | |||
| accusative | iūcundum | iūcundam | iūcundum | iūcundōs | iūcundās | iūcunda | |
| ablative | iūcundō | iūcundā | iūcundō | iūcundīs | |||
| vocative | iūcunde | iūcunda | iūcundum | iūcundī | iūcundae | iūcunda | |
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “jūcundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iucundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iucundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)
- to be in a good temper: iucunde esse (Deiot. 7. 19)
- to be dear to some one: carum atque iucundum esse alicui
- rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)