iucunditas
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /i̯uːˈkun.di.taːs/, [i̯uːˈkʊn̪d̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /juˈkun.di.tas/, [juˈkun̪d̪it̪äs]
Noun
[edit]iūcunditās f (genitive iūcunditātis); third declension
- agreeableness, pleasantness, pleasurableness, charm, delight, enjoyment
- cheerfulness, liveliness
- (in the plural) instances of pleasantness, good offices, favors
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | iūcunditās | iūcunditātēs |
genitive | iūcunditātis | iūcunditātum |
dative | iūcunditātī | iūcunditātibus |
accusative | iūcunditātem | iūcunditātēs |
ablative | iūcunditāte | iūcunditātibus |
vocative | iūcunditās | iūcunditātēs |
Synonyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: jocunditat
- → English: jucundity
- Italian: giocondità
- Middle French: jocundité, jocondité
- Portuguese: jucundidade
- Spanish: jocundidad
References
[edit]- “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[1], 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
- a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit