gaudimonium
Latin
Etymology
From gaudium (“joy, delight”) + -mōnium (“collective or obligation”, perhaps used intensively).
Noun
gaudimōnium n (genitive gaudimōniī or gaudimōnī); second declension
- joy
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 61:
- Niceros delectatus affabilitate amici: "Omne me, inquit, lucrum transeat, nisi iam dudum gaudimonio dissilio, quod te talem video. Itaque hilaria mera sint, etsi timeo istos scolasticos ne me rideant. Viderint: narrabo tamen, quid enim mihi aufert, qui ridet? satius est rideri quam derideri."
- Niceros was delighted by his friend's amiability and said, “May I never turn another penny if I am not ready to burst with joy at seeing you in such a good humour. Well, it shall be pure fun then, though I am afraid your clever friends will laugh at me. Still, let them; I will tell my story; what harm does a man's laugh do me? Being laughed at is more satisfactory than being sneered at.”
- Niceros delectatus affabilitate amici: "Omne me, inquit, lucrum transeat, nisi iam dudum gaudimonio dissilio, quod te talem video. Itaque hilaria mera sint, etsi timeo istos scolasticos ne me rideant. Viderint: narrabo tamen, quid enim mihi aufert, qui ridet? satius est rideri quam derideri."
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gaudimōnium | gaudimōnia |
| Genitive | gaudimōniī gaudimōnī1 | gaudimōniōrum |
| Dative | gaudimōniō | gaudimōniīs |
| Accusative | gaudimōnium | gaudimōnia |
| Ablative | gaudimōniō | gaudimōniīs |
| Vocative | gaudimōnium | gaudimōnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- gaudeō
References
- “gaudimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gaudimonium 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)
- gaudimonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette