iucundior
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [juːˈkʊn.di.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [juˈkun.di.or]
Adjective
iūcundior (comparative, neuter iūcundius); third declension
- comparative degree of iūcundus
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 14.47:
- Quamquam nōn caret is, quī nōn dēsīderat; ergō hōc nōn dēsīderāre dīcō esse iūcundius.
- And yet, a person does not [truly] “lack” [something] if he does not miss [it]; therefore, I maintain that this [very state of] not-desiring is [actually] the more pleasant [one].
- Quamquam nōn caret is, quī nōn dēsīderat; ergō hōc nōn dēsīderāre dīcō esse iūcundius.
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | iūcundior | iūcundius | iūcundiōrēs | iūcundiōra | |
| genitive | iūcundiōris | iūcundiōrum | |||
| dative | iūcundiōrī | iūcundiōribus | |||
| accusative | iūcundiōrem | iūcundius | iūcundiōrēs iūcundiōrīs |
iūcundiōra | |
| ablative | iūcundiōre iūcundiōrī |
iūcundiōribus | |||
| vocative | iūcundior | iūcundius | iūcundiōrēs | iūcundiōra | |