donum

See also: donům

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōnom, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom, from *deh₃-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdoː.num/, [ˈdoː.nʊ̃]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Noun

dōnum n (genitive dōnī); second declension

  1. gift, present
  2. offering, sacrifice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dōnum dōna
Genitive dōnī dōnōrum
Dative dōnō dōnīs
Accusative dōnum dōna
Ablative dōnō dōnīs
Vocative dōnum dōna

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Old Portuguese: don, dõo
    • Portuguese: dom
  • Spanish: don

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)
  • donum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • prerogative, privilege: ius praecipuum, beneficium, donum, also immunitas c. Gen.
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