iocundus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of iūcundus (pleasant)

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative iōcundus iōcunda iōcundum iōcundī iōcundae iōcunda
Genitive iōcundī iōcundae iōcundī iōcundōrum iōcundārum iōcundōrum
Dative iōcundō iōcundō iōcundīs
Accusative iōcundum iōcundam iōcundum iōcundōs iōcundās iōcunda
Ablative iōcundō iōcundā iōcundō iōcundīs
Vocative iōcunde iōcunda iōcundum iōcundī iōcundae iōcunda

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. 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 (2021-02-17) Pedecerto[1], Università degli Studi di Udine, retrieved 2021-03-18