BONA, bona
Sounds Like: BOH-nah
Translations: good, a good (thing), good things, goods, possessions, property, a good woman, goodness
From the root: BONUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflection of the Latin adjective 'bonus', meaning 'good'. As an adjective, 'bona' can be feminine singular in the nominative or ablative case, or neuter plural in the nominative, accusative, or vocative case. When used as a noun, 'bona' typically refers to 'goods' or 'possessions' in the neuter plural, or 'a good woman' or 'goodness' in the feminine singular.
Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Ablative; or Neuter, Plural, Nominative, Accusative or Vocative
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, BONUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- BONAM — good, a good
- BONI — good, the good (ones), of a good (man/thing), to a good (man/thing)
- BONIS — good, kind, excellent, to/for the good, by/with/from the good, possessions, wealth
- BONO — (to) good, (for) good, (by) good, (with) good, (from) good, to make good, to improve
- BONOS — good, virtuous, upright, excellent, honorable
- BONUS — good, kind, brave, noble, excellent, proper, useful, pleasant, favorable, a good (thing/person)
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