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summa bona

summa bona is the plural of summum bonum.

Meaning of summum bonum

Noun

summum bonum (plural summa bona)

  1. The greatest good; the ultimate importance; the singular end which human beings ought to pursue.
    • In a word, euery man for hiw owne ends: our ſummum bonum is commodity, and the Goddeſſe we adore is Dea moneta, Queene Mony, to whom wee daily offer ſacrifice, which ſteeres our hearts, hands, affections, all: […]1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Democritus Iunior to the Reader”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps...
    Antonyms:
    summum malum

Questions about summa bona

What is summa bona the plural of?
Summa bona is the plural of summum bonum.

Words near summa bona in the dictionary

  1. Sumlin
  2. Sumlins
  3. summ
  4. summ'd
  5. summa
  6. summa bona
  7. summa cum laude
  8. summa genera
  9. summabilities
  10. summability
  11. summability method

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