iucundus

See also: Iucundus

Latin

Alternative forms

• iōcundus, jōcundus
• jūcundus

Etymology

From earlier *iuwVkundos, itself from iuvō (“to delight, please”) +‎ -cundus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [juːˈkʊn.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [juˈkun.dus]

Adjective

iūcundus (feminine iūcunda, neuter iūcundum, comparative iūcundior, superlative iūcundissimus, adverb iūcundē); first/second-declension adjective

1. pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicious

   Synonyms: peramoenus, commodus

   Antonym: ingrātus

   Iūcundum est tē tandem convenīre.

   It is nice to finally meet you.

   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.56:

     Poteratne tantus animus efficere nōn iūcundam senctūtem?

     [A rhetorical question about the life of Manius Curius Dentatus:] Could so great a spirit fail to make old age pleasant?
     (Accusative singular feminine adjective; it functions as a predicate accusative, describing the state of the senectūtem.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	iūcundus	iūcunda	iūcundum		iūcundī	iūcundae	iūcunda
genitive	iūcundī	iūcundae	iūcundī		iūcundōrum	iūcundārum	iūcundōrum
dative	iūcundō	iūcundae	iūcundō		iūcundīs
accusative	iūcundum	iūcundam	iūcundum		iūcundōs	iūcundās	iūcunda
ablative	iūcundō	iūcundā	iūcundō		iūcundīs
vocative	iūcunde	iūcunda	iūcundum		iūcundī	iūcundae	iūcunda

Synonyms

• (agreeable): acceptus, amoenus, bellus, dulcis, grātus

Derived terms

• iūcundē
• iūcunditās
• iūcundō

Descendants

• Catalan: jocund
• English: jocund
• Italian: giocondo
• Middle French: jocond
  • French: joconde, Joconde
• Portuguese: jucundo
• Sicilian: jucunnu
• Spanish: jocundo

References

• “jūcundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “iucundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “iucundus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)
    
  • to be in a good temper: iucunde esse (Deiot. 7. 19)
    
  • to be dear to some one: carum atque iucundum esse alicui