donum

See also: donům

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōnom, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom, from *deh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.num/, [ˈdoː.nũ]

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Noun

dōnum n (genitive dōnī); second declension

1. gift, present
   • 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

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Synonyms

• datum

Related terms

• dō
• dōnātiō
• dōnātīvum
• dōnō
• donec

Descendants

• French: don
• Galician: doa
• Italian: dono
• Old Portuguese: dõa

• Portuguese: dom
• Spanish: don
• English: donate

References

• donum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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, 1883–1887)
• donum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • prerogative, privilege: ius praecipuum, beneficium, donum, also immunitas c. Gen.