bonum
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbo.num/, [ˈbɔnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.num/, [ˈbɔːnum]
Adjective
editbonum
- inflection of bonus:
Noun
editbonum
Noun
editbonum n (genitive bonī); second declension
- A moral good.
- (in the plural) possessions
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bonum | bona |
Genitive | bonī | bonōrum |
Dative | bonō | bonīs |
Accusative | bonum | bona |
Ablative | bonō | bonīs |
Vocative | bonum | bona |
References
edit- “bonum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bonum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- bonum 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)
- bonum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
- (ambiguous) to be gifted, talented (not praeditum esse by itself): bona indole (always in sing.) praeditum esse
- (ambiguous) to be brave, courageous: bonum animum habere
- (ambiguous) to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
- (ambiguous) natural advantages: naturae bona
- (ambiguous) may heaven's blessing rest on it: quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit! (Div. 1. 45. 102)
- (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
- (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
- (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: lacerare bona sua (Verr. 3. 70. 164)
- (ambiguous) to confiscate a person's property: bona alicuius publicare (B. G. 5. 54)
- (ambiguous) to restore to a person his confiscated property: bona alicui restituere
- (ambiguous) allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
- (ambiguous) to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)