bonum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.num/, [ˈbɔnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.num/, [ˈbɔːnum]

Adjective

bonum

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

Noun

bonum

1. accusative singular of bonus

Noun

bonum n (genitive bonī); second declension

1. A moral good.

   Synonyms: rēctum, virtūs

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

2. (in the plural) possessions

   Synonyms: fortūna, rēs

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bonum	bona
Genitive	bonī	bonōrum
Dative	bonō	bonīs
Accusative	bonum	bona
Ablative	bonō	bonīs
Vocative	bonum	bona

References

• “bonum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bonum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• bonum 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)
• 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