Commodus

See also: commodus

Latin

Etymology

From commodus (“suitable; convenient”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.dus/, [ˈkɔmːɔd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.dus/, [ˈkɔmːod̪us]

Proper noun

Commodus m sg (genitive Commodī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Commodus, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Commodus
Genitive	Commodī
Dative	Commodō
Accusative	Commodum
Ablative	Commodō
Vocative	Commode

Derived terms

• Commodiānus

References

• “Commodus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Commodus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.