commodum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.mo.dum/
Etymology 1
Substantive from commodus (“perfect, suitable; favorable”).
Noun
commodum n (genitive commodī); second declension
- A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience.
- An advantage, profit; reward, pay, salary; favor, privilege, immunity; a useful thing.
- accusative singular of commodum
- vocative singular of commodum
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | commodum | commoda |
Genitive | commodī | commodōrum |
Dative | commodō | commodīs |
Accusative | commodum | commoda |
Ablative | commodō | commodīs |
Vocative | commodum | commoda |
Derived terms
- commodulum
Etymology 2
From commodus (“perfect; fit, opportune”)
Adverb
commodum (not comparable)
- At a fit time, just in time, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably.
- Just, just then, just now, even now.
Derived terms
- commodulum
Adjective
commodum
Related terms
- commodātiō
- commodātor
- commodātum
- commodātus
- commoditās
References
- commodum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- commodum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commodum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- commodum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commodis alicuius servire
- (ambiguous) to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
- (ambiguous) the interests of the state: commoda publica or rei publicae rationes
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commodis alicuius servire
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