donum

See also: donům

English

Noun

donum (plural donums)

1. Alternative form of dunam

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Latin

Alternative forms

• dōnom (Early Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōnom, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom, from *deh₃-. Cognate to Sanskrit दान (dā́nam).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.num/, [ˈd̪oːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.num/, [ˈd̪ɔːnum]

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Noun

dōnum n (genitive dōnī); second declension

1. gift, present

   Synonyms: datum, pretium, praemium

   • from the Aeneid (II, 49) by Virgil

     Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

2. offering, sacrifice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dōnum	dōna
Genitive	dōnī	dōnōrum
Dative	dōnō	dōnīs
Accusative	dōnum	dōna
Ablative	dōnō	dōnīs
Vocative	dōnum	dōna

Related terms

• dō
• dōnātiō
• dōnātīvum
• dōnō

Descendants

• Catalan: do
• Galician: doa
• Italian: dono
• Occitan: don
• Old French: don
  • French: don
  • → Middle English: done
• Old Portuguese: don, dõo
  • Portuguese: dom
• Spanish: don

References

• “donum”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “donum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• donum 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)
• donum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • prerogative, privilege: ius praecipuum, beneficium, donum, also immunitas c. Gen.