bonitas

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From bonus (“good, honest, kind”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ni.taːs/, [ˈbɔnɪt̪äːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ni.tas/, [ˈbɔːnit̪äs]

Noun edit

bonitās f (genitive bonitātis); third declension

The good quality of something; goodness, excellence.
Kindness, friendliness, benevolence, benignity, affability; tenderness.
Good, honest or friendly conduct; virtue, integrity, blamelessness.

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bonitās	bonitātēs
Genitive	bonitātis	bonitātum
Dative	bonitātī	bonitātibus
Accusative	bonitātem	bonitātēs
Ablative	bonitāte	bonitātibus
Vocative	bonitās	bonitātēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Aromanian: bunãtati, bunãtate
Asturian: bondá
Catalan: bondat
Franco-Provençal: bontât
Friulian: bontât
Italian: bontà
Occitan: bontat
Old French: bonté
- Anglo-Norman: bounté
  - → English: bounty
- French: bonté
Portuguese: bondade
Romanian: bunătate
Sicilian: buntati
Spanish: bondad
Walloon: bounté

References edit

“bonitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“bonitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
bonitas 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)
bonitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- kindheartedness: bonitas (Fin. 5. 29. 65)
- innate goodness, kindness: naturae bonitas (Off. 1. 32. 118)

Portuguese edit

Adjective edit

bonitas

feminine plural of bonito

Spanish edit

Adjective edit

bonitas

feminine plural of bonito

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