bonum
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bonum
- nominative neuter singular of bonus
- accusative masculine singular of bonus
- accusative neuter singular of bonus
- vocative neuter singular of bonus
Noun[edit]
bonum
bonum n (genitive bonī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
| 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 & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- BONUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- bonum in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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...)