donom

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdoː.nõː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔː.nom]

dōnom n

1. Old Latin form of dōnum
   • 6th century BCE, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I² 2658):

     𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃

     [Hoi mēd mītāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios, d[ō]nom prō fīleōd.]

     HOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD

     Gavius […]monius Cetius places me here [as] a gift on behalf of [his] son.

• Latin: dōnum

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 Aprufclanos 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.