bonitas

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Third-declension noun.

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Adjective

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bonitas

  1. feminine plural of bonito

Spanish

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Adjective

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bonitas

  1. feminine plural of bonito