bonus – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: bonus
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	bonus
Singular fem.	bona
Singular neut.	bonum
Plural masc.	bonī
Plural fem.	bonae
Plural neut.	bona

Genitive

Singular masc.	bonī
Singular fem.	bonae
Singular neut.	bonī
Plural masc.	bonōrum
Plural fem.	bonārum
Plural neut.	bonōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	bonō
Singular fem.	bonae
Singular neut.	bonō
Plural masc.	bonīs
Plural fem.	bonīs
Plural neut.	bonīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	bonum
Singular fem.	bonam
Singular neut.	bonum
Plural masc.	bonōs
Plural fem.	bonās
Plural neut.	bona

Ablative

Singular masc.	bonō
Singular fem.	bonā
Singular neut.	bonō
Plural masc.	bonīs
Plural fem.	bonīs
Plural neut.	bonīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	bone
Singular fem.	bona
Singular neut.	bonum
Plural masc.	bonī
Plural fem.	bonae
Plural neut.	bona

Comparison

Comparative	melior
Superlative	optimus; optumus

Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like bonus

bonus,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
3. Proto-Italic *dwenos
4. Old Latin duenos
5. Old Latin duonus
6. Latin bonus
7. Inherited from Old Latin duonus, from earlier duenos, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, further etymology uncertain. Possibly cognate with beō (“to bless, gladden”). Possible roots include:
8. * Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to join, fit together”); compare Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to do, make”) and Ancient Greek δύναμαι (dúnamai, “to be able”).
9. * Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-u, from *deh₃- (“to give”).
10. * Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”)
11. * Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”), source of Ancient Greek δέος (déos), δεινός (deinós), δειλός (deilós).
12. Compare the change from duellum to bellum, and from duis to bis.

Verbs referencing "bonus"

Catalan Adjectives bo, Galician Adjectives bo, Catalan Adjectives bon, French Adjectives bon, Portuguese Adjectives bom, Romanian Adjectives bun, Galician Adjectives boo, English Adjectives bona, Spanish Adjectives bueno, English Adjectives bonnie, English Adjectives bonny, Italian Adjectives buono, Spanish Adjectives buen, English Adjectives boon, Asturian Adjectives bonu, Spanish Adjectives bienaventurado.