commodus
See also: Commodus
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkom.mo.dus/, [ˈkɔmːɔd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.mo.dus/, [ˈkɔmːod̪us]
Adjective
editcommodus (feminine commoda, neuter commodum, comparative commodior, superlative commodissimus, adverb commodē); first/second-declension adjective
- comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming
- Synonyms: opportūnus, ūtilis, habilis, aptus, dignus, idōneus, conveniēns, iūstus, lēgitimus, salūber, ūtēnsilis
- Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus
- opportune, timely, tidy
- pleasant, friendly
- Synonyms: peramoenus, iūcundus
- Antonym: ingrātus
Usage notes
editThe adjective became a cognomen of a branch of the gens Ceionia, a member of whom was adopted by Hadrian but died before he could become emperor. His relative was adopted by Antoninus Pius and ruled together with Marcus Aurelius, whose son was also given the name Commodus.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | commodus | commoda | commodum | commodī | commodae | commoda | |
Genitive | commodī | commodae | commodī | commodōrum | commodārum | commodōrum | |
Dative | commodō | commodō | commodīs | ||||
Accusative | commodum | commodam | commodum | commodōs | commodās | commoda | |
Ablative | commodō | commodā | commodō | commodīs | |||
Vocative | commode | commoda | commodum | commodī | commodae | commoda |
Descendants
edit- Catalan: còmode
- French: commode
- Galician: cómodo
- Italian: comodo
- Portuguese: cómodo, cômodo (Brazil)
- Romanian: comod
- Sicilian: còmmitu
- Spanish: cómodo
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: commodiōsus
- Catalan: comodiós
- Old French: commodieux, (Anglo-Norman) commodious
- → Middle English: commodious
- English: commodious
- → Middle English: commodious
References
edit- “commodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commodus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to indulge in apt witticisms: facete et commode dicere
- (ambiguous) a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum
- (ambiguous) to indulge in apt witticisms: facete et commode dicere
- “commodus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commodus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “commodus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-
- Latin terms prefixed with con-
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook