BONI, boni
Sounds Like: BOH-nee
Translations: good, the good (ones), of a good (man/thing), to a good (man/thing)
From the root: BONUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: BONI is an inflected form of the Latin adjective BONUS, meaning 'good'. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun, or as a substantive noun meaning 'good men' or 'good things'. It is used to describe something or someone as being of high quality, virtuous, or beneficial. Depending on context, it can be nominative plural masculine, genitive singular masculine or neuter, or dative singular masculine or neuter.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine; or Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter; or Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 30:5
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.
- BONA — good, a good (thing), good things, goods, possessions, property, a good woman, goodness
- BONAM — good, a good
- 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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