iucunditas Latin · revision 32225

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=second half of the 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=ine-pro *h₁i-h₁euH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [juːˈkʊn.dɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [juˈkun.di.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūcunditās''' ''f'' (genitive iūcunditātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''iōcunditās''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iūcundus|-tās|t1=pleasant]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists [[m|la|iūcundus]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|iuvō|t=to help, please]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*ijow-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁i-h₁euH-|t=to help]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Afranius.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's first example is Cicero's ''Verrines'': “O habit of sinning, what charm you have for the wicked and the bold!”^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a pleasing quality, charm or agreeableness, of things, of a writer's style, and of things affecting the senses, as the charm of words and rhythm that seasons a speech.^(OLD 2012) Of persons it is a pleasant disposition, amiability, and in the plural acts of kindness or favours;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Cicero speaks of the delight of one's children.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short add Cicero's letter full of delight and the pleasure of life impaired by illness.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it cheerfulness, pleasure.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|jocundity]] (early 15th century) is from Old French or directly from Late Latin ''iocunditas''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * second half of the 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of charm, of style and of the pleasure of life.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|jocundity]] is formed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Pleasing quality, [[m|en|charm]], agreeableness, delight, enjoyment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of persons, pleasantness of manner, [[m|en|amiability]], cheerfulness; in the plural, kindnesses, favours.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iūcundē]]

+ * [[iūcundō]]

+ * [[iūcundus]]

+ * [[en|jocundity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}