iucunditas
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /i̯uːˈkun.di.taːs/, [i̯uːˈkʊn̪d̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /juˈkun.di.tas/, [juˈkun̪d̪it̪äs]
Noun
iūcunditās f (genitive iūcunditātis); third declension
- agreeableness, pleasantness, pleasurableness, charm, delight, enjoyment
- cheerfulness, liveliness
- (in the plural) instances of pleasantness, good offices, favors
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | iūcunditās | iūcunditātēs |
Genitive | iūcunditātis | iūcunditātum |
Dative | iūcunditātī | iūcunditātibus |
Accusative | iūcunditātem | iūcunditātēs |
Ablative | iūcunditāte | iūcunditātibus |
Vocative | iūcunditās | iūcunditātēs |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: jocunditat
- English: jocundity
- Italian: giocondità
- Portuguese: jucundidade
- Spanish: jocundidad
References
- “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