iucundus
Latin
Etymology
From iuvō (“to delight, please”) + -cundus. -undus should be considered for etymological origins.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯uːˈkun.dus/, [i̯uːˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /juˈkun.dus/, [juˈkun̪d̪us]
Adjective
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
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | iūcundus | iūcunda | iūcundum | iūcundī | iūcundae | iūcunda | |
| Genitive | iūcundī | iūcundae | iūcundī | iūcundōrum | iūcundārum | iūcundōrum | |
| Dative | iūcundō | iūcundō | iūcundīs | ||||
| Accusative | iūcundum | iūcundam | iūcundum | iūcundōs | iūcundās | iūcunda | |
| Ablative | iūcundō | iūcundā | iūcundō | iūcundīs | |||
| Vocative | iūcunde | iūcunda | iūcundum | iūcundī | iūcundae | iūcunda | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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, 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.)
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