donom

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōnom, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom, from *deh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.nom/, [ˈd̪oːnɔ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.nom/, [ˈd̪ɔːnom]

Noun

dōnom

1. Old Latin form of dōnum
   • 6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I² 2658; image (page 18)):

     𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃

     HOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD
     Hoi mēd mitāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios d[ō]nom prō fileōd.

     Kavios […]monios Qetios places me here as a gift on behalf of his son.

Descendants

• Latin: dōnum

Marsian

Noun

donom

1. Alternative form of dunom
   • c. 294 BC, Caso Cantovios inscription (Italian Wikipedia; image 1, image 2):

     CASO·CANTOVIO/S·APRUFCLANO·CEI/P(ED)·APURFINEM·E/CALICO·MENUR/BID·CASONTONI/SOCIEQUE·DONO/M·ATOLERO·ACTIA·/PRO·L[ECIO]NIBUS·MAR/TSES

     Casos Cantovios of Aproficulum captured (this) near the finis Gallicus in the city of Casontonius, and his socii brought it as a gift to Angitia on behalf of the Marsic troops.