noun · femininethird declension
commoditās
commoditās f (genitive commoditātis)
Meaning
- timeliness
- fitness, aptness
- convenience
- advantage, utility
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod facile et ūtile estcommoditās -ātis (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commoditās | commoditātēs |
| genitive | commoditātis | commoditātum |
| dative | commoditātī | commoditātibus |
| accusative | commoditātem | commoditātēs |
| ablative | commoditāte | commoditātibus |
| vocative | commoditās | commoditātēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- vitae commoditas iucunditasque
- comfort
commŏdĭtas, ātis, f. commodus.
I. Due measure, just proportion, symmetry (so very rare): commoditas et aequitas membrorum, * Suet. Aug. 79.—
B. Of discourse, fitness, a suitable oratorical expression, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; id. Inv. 1, 2, 3;
corresp. to commode dicere, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—II. (Acc. to commodus, II.) Easy, unrestrained, free action:
corporis aliqua commoditas non naturā data, sed studio et industriā parta, i. e. dexterity, skill, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36.—2. Convenience, ease:
id, ob commoditatem itineris ponte sublicio... conjungi urbi placuit, Liv. 1, 33, 6.—B. Of things, fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit (class.):
commoditatis omnes articulos scio, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31: in loco opportunitas, in occasione commoditas ad faciendum idonea (consideranda est), Cic. Inv. 2, 12, 40; id. Off. 1, 39, 138; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 94; Ter. And. 3, 3, 37: o Fors Fortuna, quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem! id. Phorm. 5, 6, 1: plurimas et maximas commoditates amicitia continet, Cic. Lael. 7, 23; cf. id. N. D. 3, 36, 86; id. Fin. 4, 12, 29: percipere fructum aut commoditatem ex re, id. Off. 2, 4, 14: cum commoditas juvaret, Liv. 4, 60, 2.—2. Of persons, pleasantness, complaisance, courteousness, forbearance, lenity (only ante-class. and in Ov.):
vir lepidissime, Cumulate commoditate, Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 6; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 76: patris, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73: viri, Ov. H. 17, 176; 16, 310.—b. Meton. in Plaut.:
commoditas mea, as a term of endearment, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 8; id. Men. 1, 2, 28; id. Poen. 1, 3, 12.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commoditās ātis, f
commodus, fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit: si corrigitur, quot commoditates vide, T.: ad faciendum idonea: maximas commoditates amicitia continet: cum commoditas iuvaret, L. — Of persons, complaisance, courtesy, forbearance: magnam mi inicit suā commoditate curam, T.: viri, O.—Of discourse, fitness, adequacy, appropriateness: commoditati ingenium (est) impedimento.—Dexterity: corporis aliqua commoditas.—Convenience, ease: ob commoditatem itineris, L.
Origins
From commodus (“suitable; convenient; opportune, timely”) + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalancomoditat
- Englishcommodityfrom Anglo-Norman commoditee
- Frenchcommodité
- GermanKommodität
- Italiancomodità
- Occitancomoditat
- Portuguesecomodidade
- Romaniancomoditate
- Spanishcomodidad
- Galiciancomodidade