commodus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Commodus, Commodi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Commodus; (Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus 180-192);
nom. sg. - Entry →commodus, commoda -um, commodior -or -us, commodissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
suitable, convenient, obliging; opportune/timely; favorable/lucky; advantageous;; standard, full weight/size/measure; desirable, agreeable; good (health/news);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rebus et voluptariis. vel cavillator facetus vel conviva commodus item ero, neque ego oblocutor sum alteri in convivio..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...contentus, beatus, scitus, secunda loquens in tempore, commodus, uerbum paucum, multa tenens antiqua, sepulta uetustas quae facit..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...convenias, quam mecum convenit illi, et digitum iusto commodus orbe teras! Felix, a domina tractaberis, anule, nostra; invideo..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...auris, spondeos stabilis in iura paterna recepit commodus et patiens, non ut de sede secunda cederet aut quarta..."
