duenos

See also: dueños

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Archaic Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdwenos/

Adjective

𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌔 (duenos) (dative 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌉 (duenōi)); first/second-declension adjective

1. Archaic Latin form of duonus; good
   • 7th–5th century BCE, Duenos inscription:

     𐌉𐌏𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌏𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌉𐌓𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌄𐌃
     𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌏𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌉𐌐𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌔
     𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌅𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌃

     [Iovesāt deivōs qoi mēd mītāt, nei tēd endō cosmis vircō siēd.
     Ast (t)ēd noisi op(p)etoit esiāi pākā rīvois.
     Duenos mēd fēced en mānōm (m)einom duenōi; nē mēd malos (s)tātōd.]

     IOVESATDEIVOSQOIMEDMITATNEITEDENDOCOSMISVIRCOSIED
     ASTEDNOISIOPETOITESIAIPAKARIVOIS
     DVENOSMEDFECEDENMANOMEINOMDVENOINEMEDMALOSTATOD

     The person who sends me prays to the gods, lest the girl be not kind towards thee.
     Without thee […] calm with [these] rivers.
     A good man made me (in good intention?) for a good man; may I not be stolen by an evil man.

Descendants

• Old Latin: duonus
  • Latin: bonus (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Old Latin: *duenēd
  • Latin: bene (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Old Latin: *duenelos
  • Latin: bellus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Latin: duellum (see there for further descendants)
    • Latin: bellum (see there for further descendants)