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commodus
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See also: Commodus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.mɔ.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.mo.d̪us]
Adjective
commodus (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
The 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
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
- Catalan: còmode
Padanian:
- Ligurian: còmodo
- Lombard: còmod
- Piedmontese: còmod
- French: commode
- Galician: cómodo
- Italian: comodo
- Portuguese: cómodo, cômodo (Brazil)
- Romanian: comod
- Sicilian: còmmutu
- Spanish: cómodo
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: commodiōsus
- Catalan: comodiós
- Old French: commodieux, (Anglo-Norman) commodious
- → Middle English: commodious
- English: commodious
- → Middle English: commodious
References
- “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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “commodus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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