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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁i-h₁euH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūcundē''' (comparative iūcundius, superlative iūcundissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iūcundus|-ē|t1=pleasant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) That adjective is formed from [[m|la|iuvō|t=to help, delight]] with the suffix ⟨-cundus⟩;^(OLD 2012) de Vaan traces the verb 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 Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who says it is in our power to remember good fortune pleasantly and sweetly.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means pleasantly, agreeably, delightfully: Horace drew out a dinner very pleasantly, and the Elder Seneca speaks of someone dining more pleasantly with a mistress.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it merrily, pleasantly, delightfully.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of remembering pleasantly.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a pleasant dinner.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|pleasantly|alt=Pleasantly]], agreeably, [[m|en|delightfully]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iucundus|alt=iūcundus]]

+ * [[iuvo|alt=iuvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}