Latin

Noun

dōnum n ‎(genitive dōnī); second declension

1. gift, present
   • from the Aeneid (II, 49) by Virgil

     Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• dō
• dōnātiō
• dōnātīvum
• dōnō
• donec

Synonyms

• datum

Descendants

References

• donum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• donum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DONUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “donum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • prerogative, privilege: ius praecipuum, beneficium, donum, also immunitas c. Gen.