iucunditas

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūcunditās
• iōcunditās

Etymology

From iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯uːˈkun.di.taːs/, [i̯uːˈkʊn̪d̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /juˈkun.di.tas/, [juˈkun̪d̪it̪äs]

Noun

iūcunditās f (genitive iūcunditātis); third declension

1. agreeableness, pleasantness, pleasurableness, charm, delight, enjoyment
2. cheerfulness, liveliness
3. (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

• (agreeableness, charm): amoenitās, dulcēdō, dulcitūdō, lepor

Related terms

• iūcundē
• iūcundō
• iūcundus

Descendants

• Catalan: jocunditat
• → English: jucundity
• Italian: giocondità
• Middle French: jocundité, jocondité
  • → Middle English: jocundite
    • English: jocundity
• 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