summum bonum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin summum bonum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsʌməm ˈbəʊnəm/, /ˌsʊməm ˈbɒnəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsʊməm ˈbɑnəm/, /ˌsʌməm ˈboʊnəm/
Noun[edit]
summum bonum (plural summa bona)
- (philosophy) The greatest good; the ultimate importance; the singular end which human beings ought to pursue.
- Antonym: summum malum
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Democritus Iunior to the Reader”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 33:
- In a word, euery man for hiw owne ends: our ſummum bonum is commodity, and the Goddeſſe we adore is Dea moneta, Queene Mony, to whom wee daily offer ſacrifice, which ſteeres our hearts, hands, affections, all: […]
Further reading[edit]
- Summum bonum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Summum Bonum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From summus (“superlative of superus”) + bonum (“a moral good”).
Noun[edit]
summum bonum n (genitive summī bonī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, philosophy) The highest good; an ultimate goal of human existence.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension adjective with a second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | summum bonum | summa bona |
Genitive | summī bonī | summōrum bonōrum |
Dative | summō bonō | summīs bonīs |
Accusative | summum bonum | summa bona |
Ablative | summō bonō | summīs bonīs |
Vocative | summum bonum | summa bona |
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