iocundus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From earlier iūcundus, with the vowel altered on the basis of iocus[1] — unstressed short ŏ and long ō came to be pronounced identically by the Late Latin (or Proto-Romance) period.

Pronunciation

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More often attested as iōcundus, the alternative iŏcundus is found in the poet Avianus (dactylic pentameter): Grātĭă reddātur | undĕ iŏcundă vĕnit.[2]

Adjective

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iōcundus (feminine iōcunda, neuter iōcundum, adverb iōcundē); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of iūcundus (pleasant)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ayudar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 428
  2. ^ Università degli Studi di Udine, Università ca' Foscari Venezia (2021 February 17) Pedecerto[1], Università degli Studi di Udine, retrieved 2021-03-18