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commodum

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Masculine nominalization of commodus (“suitable; useful”).

    Noun

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    commodum n (genitive commodī); second declension

    1. convenient opportunity, favorable condition, advantage, convenience, ease,
      Synonyms: usus, commoditās, praemium, profectus
      Antonym: incommodum
    2. profit; reward, pay, salary; favor, privilege, immunity; a useful thing.
      Synonyms: mercēs, stīpendium, pretium, praemium, datum, oblātiō
    Declension
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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

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    Adverbial accusative of commodus (“fit, suitable, opportune”).

    Adverb

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    commodum (not comparable)

    1. at a fit moment, just in time; in the nick of time
    2. (temporal) just
      Synonym: commodo
      • c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 1.2.108:
        Sī istāc ībis, commodum obveniēs patrī.
        If you go this way, you will just meet your father.
      • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 518:
        Labrax: quīn tū hinc īs ā mē in maxumam malam crucem? Charmidēs: [...] eāsque rēs agēbam commodum.
        Labrax: Why don't you fare hence from me and go to blazes? Charmides: [...] I was just doing that.
      • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 1136:
        sed maneam etiam opīnor, namque hoc commodum ōrdītur loquī.
        but I think I should still wait, for he just begins to talk about it.
      • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13.9:
        Commodum discesserās heri, cum Trebātius vēnit
        Yesterday you had just left, when Trebatius came.
      • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Stichus 364:
        postquam mē mīsistī ad portum [...] commodum radiōsus sēsē sōl superābat ex marī.
        after you had sent me to the harbor, the radiant sun was just emerging from the sea
      • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Asinus aureus 1.5.5:
        Ergō igitur inefficācī celeritāte fatīgātus commodum vesperā oriente ad balneās prōcesseram.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Derived terms
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    Adjective

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    commodum

    1. inflection of commodus:
      1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
      2. accusative masculine singular
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    References

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    • “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “commodum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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
    • https://outils.biblissima.fr/en/collatinus-web/#commodum1