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bŏnĭtas (noun F) : bonus
* The good quality of a thing, goodness, excellence (cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 28 Herz.; class., but mostly in prose).
* Of concrete objects: bonitas praediorum,Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: agrorum,id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 28: agri aut oppidi,Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 76: praediorum,id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; Dig. 50, 16, 86: terrae,Lucr. 5, 1247: soli,Quint. 2, 19, 2: aquae,Phaedr. 4, 9, 8: vini,Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55: arboris,id. 13, 9, 17, § 61: gemmarum,id. 37, 8, 37, § 116 al.: vocis,Cic. Or. 18, 59: verborum,id. ib. 49, 164: mutuum eādem bonitate solvatur quā datum est,Dig. 12, 1, 3: secunda bonitas (amomi),the second quality,Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48; Dig. 45, 1, 75, § 2.
* Of abstract objects: ingenii,Cic. Off. 3, 3, 14: causae,id. Dom. 22, 57: naturae,id. Off. 1, 32, 118: sapientiae,Quint. 5, 10, 75.
* Esp. freq. of character, good, honest, or friendly conduct; goodness, virtue, integrity, blamelessness: neque ego nunc de illius bonitate, sed de generi impudentiā disputo,Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 13: rustici cum fidem alicujus bonitatemque laudant, dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices, id. Off, 3, 19, 77: quae tuae fidei, justitiae bonitatique commendo,id. Fam. 13, 4, 3; id. N. D. 3, 30, 75: si recte vestram bonitatem atque prudentiam cognovi,id. Quint. 17, 54: nec justitiae ullus esset nec bonitati locus,id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: perennis,Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 27: eam potestatem bonitate retinebat,integrity,Nep. Milt. 8, 3; so id. Timol. 5, 1.
* Kindness, friendliness, benevolence, benignity, affability: perpetua naturalis bonitas (kind-heartedness, benevolence), quae nullis casibus neque agitur, neque minuitur, Nep. Att. 9, 1: te oro per mei te erga bonitatem patris,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 54; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60: bonitas et beneficentia,id. ib. 1, 43, 121; 3, 34, 84: homo liberalis et dissolutus et bonitate affluens,id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27: utrumque incredibile est, et Roscium quicquam per avaritiam appetisse, et Fannium quicquam per bonitatem amisisse,id. ib. 7, 21: multas hereditates nullā aliā re quam bonitate consecutus est,Nep. Att. 21, 1: bonitas, humanitas, misericordia,Quint. 5, 1, 22; Tac. H. 1, 52.
* Esp., parental love, tenderness: quid dicam... de bonitate in suos,Cic. Lael. 3, 11: facit parentes bonitas, non necessitas,Phaedr. 3, 15, 18.
* The good quality of a thing, goodness, excellence (cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 28 Herz.; class., but mostly in prose).
* Of concrete objects: bonitas praediorum,Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: agrorum,id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 28: agri aut oppidi,Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 76: praediorum,id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; Dig. 50, 16, 86: terrae,Lucr. 5, 1247: soli,Quint. 2, 19, 2: aquae,Phaedr. 4, 9, 8: vini,Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55: arboris,id. 13, 9, 17, § 61: gemmarum,id. 37, 8, 37, § 116 al.: vocis,Cic. Or. 18, 59: verborum,id. ib. 49, 164: mutuum eādem bonitate solvatur quā datum est,Dig. 12, 1, 3: secunda bonitas (amomi),the second quality,Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48; Dig. 45, 1, 75, § 2.
* Of abstract objects: ingenii,Cic. Off. 3, 3, 14: causae,id. Dom. 22, 57: naturae,id. Off. 1, 32, 118: sapientiae,Quint. 5, 10, 75.
* Esp. freq. of character, good, honest, or friendly conduct; goodness, virtue, integrity, blamelessness: neque ego nunc de illius bonitate, sed de generi impudentiā disputo,Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 13: rustici cum fidem alicujus bonitatemque laudant, dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices, id. Off, 3, 19, 77: quae tuae fidei, justitiae bonitatique commendo,id. Fam. 13, 4, 3; id. N. D. 3, 30, 75: si recte vestram bonitatem atque prudentiam cognovi,id. Quint. 17, 54: nec justitiae ullus esset nec bonitati locus,id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: perennis,Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 27: eam potestatem bonitate retinebat,integrity,Nep. Milt. 8, 3; so id. Timol. 5, 1.
* Kindness, friendliness, benevolence, benignity, affability: perpetua naturalis bonitas (kind-heartedness, benevolence), quae nullis casibus neque agitur, neque minuitur, Nep. Att. 9, 1: te oro per mei te erga bonitatem patris,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 54; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60: bonitas et beneficentia,id. ib. 1, 43, 121; 3, 34, 84: homo liberalis et dissolutus et bonitate affluens,id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27: utrumque incredibile est, et Roscium quicquam per avaritiam appetisse, et Fannium quicquam per bonitatem amisisse,id. ib. 7, 21: multas hereditates nullā aliā re quam bonitate consecutus est,Nep. Att. 21, 1: bonitas, humanitas, misericordia,Quint. 5, 1, 22; Tac. H. 1, 52.
* Esp., parental love, tenderness: quid dicam... de bonitate in suos,Cic. Lael. 3, 11: facit parentes bonitas, non necessitas,Phaedr. 3, 15, 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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