noun · neutersecond declension
commodum1
commodum n (genitive commodī)
Classical[ˈkɔm.mɔ.dũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔm.mo.dum]
Meaning
- neuterconvenient opportunity, favorable condition, advantage, convenience, ease,
- neuterprofit; reward, pay, salary; favor, privilege, immunity; a useful thing.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod facile et grātum estcommodum -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 8
bonō; sī commodō = sī sine damnōadvantage, convenience
commodum -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 7
advantage, convenience
commodum -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico II
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commodum | commoda |
| genitive | commodī | commodōrum |
| dative | commodō | commodīs |
| accusative | commodum | commoda |
| ablative | commodō | commodīs |
| vocative | commodum | commoda |
commŏdum, i, n., v. 1. commodus, III. A.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commodum ī, n
commodus, a convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience: meum: cum erit tuum, when it shall be convenient for you: spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo habere, at our convenience: quas (navīs) sui quisque commodi fecerat, Cs.: suo ex commodo pugnam facere, S.: copias per commodum exponere, L.—Advantage, profit, gain: ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda, T.: commoda vitae, the goods of life: matris servibo commodis, interests, T.: amicitias ex commodo aestumare, S.: valetudinis: in publica peccem, H.: populi commoda, N.: hoc commodi est, quod, etc., there is this satisfaction, etc.: commodo rei p. facere, to the advantage of: si per commodum rei p. posset, consistently with the interests of, L. — A reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: provincialibus commodis depositis, emoluments: tribunatūs. — A loan: forum commodis hospitum ornare.
Origins
Masculine nominalization of commodus (“suitable; useful”).