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Latin
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Etymology
From iuvō (“to delight, please”) + -cundus. -undus should be considered for etymological origins.
Pronunciation
Adjective
iūcundus (feminine iūcunda, neuter iūcundum, comparative iūcundior, superlative iūcundissimus, adverb iūcundē); first/second-declension adjective
- pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicious
- Synonyms: peramoenus, commodus
- Antonym: ingrātus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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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, 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