bonitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.ni.taːs/, [ˈbɔ.nɪ.taːs]

Noun

bonitās f (genitive bonitātis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension.

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

Descendants

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)
  • bonitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • kindheartedness: bonitas (Fin. 5. 29. 65)
    • innate goodness, kindness: naturae bonitas (Off. 1. 32. 118)

Portuguese

Adjective

bonitas

  1. Feminine plural of adjective bonito.

Spanish

Adjective

bonitas

  1. Feminine plural of adjective bonito.
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