commodum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.dum/, [ˈkɔmːɔd̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.dum/, [ˈkɔmːod̪um]

Etymology 1

Substantive from commodus (“perfect, suitable; favorable”).

Noun

commodum n (genitive commodī); second declension

1. convenient opportunity, favorable condition, advantage, convenience.

   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).

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)

1. (temporal) just

   Synonym: commodo

   • c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 219:

     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: 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, as 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.

     as you 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.

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
• commoditās
• commodē
• 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’s 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