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bonitas
bonitas
Latin
Noun
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.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bonitās | bonitātēs |
| genitive | bonitātis | bonitātum |
| dative | bonitātī | bonitātibus |
| accusative | bonitātem | bonitātēs |
| ablative | bonitāte | bonitātibus |
| vocative | bonitās | bonitātēs |
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References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bonitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- kindheartedness: bonitas (Fin. 5. 29. 65)
- innate goodness, kindness: naturae bonitas (Off. 1. 32. 118)
- kindheartedness: bonitas (Fin. 5. 29. 65)