BONIS, bonis
Sounds Like: BOH-nees
Translations: good, kind, excellent, to/for the good, by/with/from the good, possessions, wealth
From the root: BONUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: BONIS is an inflected form of the Latin adjective BONUS, meaning 'good', 'kind', or 'excellent'. It can be used to describe nouns, or it can be used substantively as a noun itself. When used substantively, it often refers to 'good people' or 'good things', and in the plural, it can specifically mean 'possessions' or 'wealth'. This form is the dative or ablative plural for all genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter).
Inflection: Plural, Dative or Ablative, All genders
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 10:2
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
- BONI — good, the good (ones), of a good (man/thing), to a good (man/thing)
- 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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