bonitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ni.taːs/, [ˈbɔnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ni.tas/, [ˈbɔːnit̪äs]

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 noun.

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

Related terms

• bonifaciēs
• bonifātus
• bonimōris
• bonum
• bonus
• bonuscula

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: bunãtati, bunãtate
• Asturian: bondá
• Catalan: bondat
• Franco-Provençal: bontât
• Friulian: bontât
• Italian: bontà
• Occitan: bontat
• Old French: bonté
  • Anglo-Norman: bounté
    • → English: bounty
  • French: bonté
• Portuguese: bondade
• Romanian: bunătate
• Sicilian: buntati
• Spanish: bondad
• Walloon: bounté

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• bonitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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 bonito

Spanish

Adjective

bonitas

1. feminine plural of bonito