commodum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.mɔ.dũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.mo.dum]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

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

Adverb

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

• commodulum

Adjective

commodum

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

Related terms

• commodātiō
• commodātor
• commodātum
• commodātus
• commodē
• commoditās
• commodō
• commodulē
• commodus

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, 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