bonum

See also: ɓonum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Archaic Latin duenos

Old Latin duonus

Latin bonusnom.

Latin bonum

Nominalization of bonus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔː.num]

Noun

bonum n (genitive bonī); second declension

1. a moral good

   Synonyms: rēctum, virtūs

   Antonyms: vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, crīmen, peccātum, dēlīctum, error

2. (in the plural) possessions

   Synonyms: fortūna, rēs

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	bonum	bona
genitive	bonī	bonōrum
dative	bonō	bonīs
accusative	bonum	bona
ablative	bonō	bonīs
vocative	bonum	bona

Adjective

bonum

1. inflection of bonus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

bonum

1. accusative singular of bonus

References

• “bonum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bonum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "bonum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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