iucundus

• iōcundus, jōcundus
• jūcundus

From iuvō (“to delight, please”) +‎ -cundus. -undus should be considered for etymological origins.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [juːˈkʊn.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [juˈkun.dus]

iūcundus (feminine iūcunda, neuter iūcundum, comparative iūcundior, superlative iūcundissimus, adverb iūcundē); first/second-declension adjective

1. pleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicious

   Synonyms: peramoenus, commodus

   Antonym: ingrātus

   Iūcundum est tē tandem convenīre.

   It is nice to finally meet you.

   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.56:

     Poteratne tantus animus efficere nōn iūcundam senctūtem?

     [A rhetorical question about the life of Manius Curius Dentatus:] Could so great a spirit fail to make old age pleasant?
     (Accusative singular feminine adjective; it functions as a predicate accusative, describing the state of the senectūtem.)

First/second-declension adjective.

• (agreeable): acceptus, amoenus, bellus, dulcis, grātus

• iūcundē
• iūcunditās
• iūcundō

• “jūcundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “iucundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “iucundus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)
    
  • to be in a good temper: iucunde esse (Deiot. 7. 19)
    
  • to be dear to some one: carum atque iucundum esse alicui