iūcundus, iūcunda, iūcundum

Definitions for iūcundus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
(of experiences, etc.) Pleasant, agreeable, delightful. (b) (of an author or his work). (c) (of facts, events, or sim.).
2
(of persons) Delightful to be with, congenial or sim.
3
Agreeable to the senses, delicious, etc.

Sentences with iūcundus

Latin to English

Ōrātor, tyrannum timēns, iūcunda semper dīcēbat.Compare The orator, because he feared the tyrant, always used to say pleasing things.

Cum dōna iūcunda tulissent, potuī tamen īnsidiās eōrum cognōscere.Compare Although they had brought pleasing gifts, I was able nevertheless to recognize their treachery.

Istī ducī in exsilium abeuntī quae vīta potest esse iūcunda?Compare What life can be pleasant for that leader as he goes off into exile?

Nisi quis iūcundus bonusque erit, vītam vērē fēlīcem mihi nōn vīvet.Compare If a person is not agreeable and good, he will not live a truly happy life, it seems to me.

Suave, mari magno turbantus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.Compare Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free from them yourself is pleasant.

Nosse fidem rerum dubiasque exquirer causas, ingenium sacrare caputque attollere caelo, scire quot et quae sint magno natalia mundo principia ... divina est animi ac iucunda voluptas.Compare To know the truth, to inquire into uncertain causes, to immortalize genius, to lift one's head to the sky, to grasp the number and nature of the great universe's first principles ... this is the mind's divine and gratifying joy.

Nihil est ... aptius ad delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietatem fortunaque vicissitudines. Quae etsi optabiles in experiendo non fuerunt, in legendo tamen erun iucundae; habet enim praeteriti doloris secura recordatio delectationem.Compare Nothing is ... more likely to delight a reader than variety of circumstances and the vicissitudes of fortune. Even though we found no pleasure in experiencing them, we enjoy reading about them: there is something delectable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 107.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 977.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "iūcundus, iūcunda, iūcundum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 3, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/iucundus-iucunda-iucundum.