iucunditas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

iūcunditās f (genitive iūcunditātis); third declension

  1. agreeableness, pleasantness, pleasurableness, charm, delight, enjoyment
  2. cheerfulness, liveliness
  3. (in the plural) instances of pleasantness, good offices, favors

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iūcunditās iūcunditātēs
Genitive iūcunditātis iūcunditātum
Dative iūcunditātī iūcunditātibus
Accusative iūcunditātem iūcunditātēs
Ablative iūcunditāte iūcunditātibus
Vocative iūcunditās iūcunditātēs

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Catalan: jocunditat
  • → English: jucundity
  • Italian: giocondità
  • Middle French: jocundité, jocondité
    • → Middle English: jocundite
  • Portuguese: jucundidade
  • Spanish: jocundidad

References
  • “iucunditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “iucunditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iucunditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit
    • to let oneself be jovial: se dare iucunditati
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