Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 238.bonus on page 238
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bonus good
bonus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means good.
Definitions for bonus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
good, kind
English derivatives:
bonus bonanza bonny bounty bona fide
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
(of a person) Good at a particular action or in a particular respect, efficient, competent, expert. (b) (w. sbs. such as amicus, ciuis, etc., which introduce moral implications).
- 2
Morally good, well behaved, virtuous. (b) a good or virtuous man. (c) (masc. or fem. as sb., esp. masc. pl.; also, spec. of the brave).
- 3
(in weakened sense) Worthy, estimable; (facet. or iron.) fine, excellent; (as ep. of familiar address), my good sir, my dear fellow, etc. (b) (indecl. adj. phr.), worthy, good.
- 4
Obliging, accommodating, kind(ly), gracious. good. (b) (of gods). (c) (transf. , of the mind, etc.; also, of words, actions or things). (d) in friendly fashion; with the good leave or favour of; to take in good part; with the full consent of.
- 5
Politically sound or loyal; the politically sound elements in the state, the constitutionalists, the loyalists; (sim, masc. pl. as sb.).
Sentences with bonus
Latin to English
Agricola ad portam est vir bonus.Compare The farmer at the gate is a good man.
Is est bonus.Compare He is good.
Is amīcus est vir bonus.Compare This friend is a good man.
Vir bonus nēminī nocēre vult; omnibus parcit, omnēs iuvat.Compare A good man wishes to harm nobody; he spares all, he helps all.
Nisi quis iūcundus bonusque erit, vītam vērē fēlīcem mihi nōn vīvet.Compare If a person is not agreeable and good, he will not live a truly happy life, it seems to me.
Sī fīnis bonus est, tōtum bonum erit.Compare All's well that ends well.
Declension table for bonus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | bonus | bonī |
| Gen. | bonī | bonōrum |
| Dat. | bonō | bonīs |
| Acc. | bonum | bonōs |
| Voc. | bone | bonī |
| Abl. | bonō | bonīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 238.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "bonus, bona, bonum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/bonus-bona-bonum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 28.bonus, bona, bonum on page 28
