iocundus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier iūcundus, with the vowel altered on the basis of iocus^[1] — unstressed short ŏ and long ō came to be pronounced identically by the Late Latin (or Proto-Romance) period.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯oːˈkun.dus/, [i̯oːˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /joˈkun.dus/, [joˈkun̪d̪us]

More often attested as iōcundus, the alternative iŏcundus is found in the poet Avianus (dactylic pentameter): Grātĭă reddātur | undĕ iŏcundă vĕnit.^[2]

Adjective

iōcundus (feminine iōcunda, neuter iōcundum, adverb iōcundē); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

Alternative form of iūcundus (“pleasant”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	iōcundus	iōcunda	iōcundum	iōcundī	iōcundae	iōcunda
Genitive	iōcundī	iōcundae	iōcundī	iōcundōrum	iōcundārum	iōcundōrum
Dative	iōcundō	iōcundae	iōcundō	iōcundīs
Accusative	iōcundum	iōcundam	iōcundum	iōcundōs	iōcundās	iōcunda
Ablative	iōcundō	iōcundā	iōcundō	iōcundīs
Vocative	iōcunde	iōcunda	iōcundum	iōcundī	iōcundae	iōcunda

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “ayudar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 428
^ Università degli Studi di Udine, Università ca' Foscari Venezia (2021 February 17) Pedecerto‎^[1], Università degli Studi di Udine, retrieved 2021-03-18

“iocundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[1] Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “ayudar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 428

[2] Università degli Studi di Udine, Università ca' Foscari Venezia (2021 February 17) Pedecerto‎^[1], Università degli Studi di Udine, retrieved 2021-03-18

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