beneficentia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From benefaciō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension

  1. beneficence, kindness

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative beneficentia beneficentiae
genitive beneficentiae beneficentiārum
dative beneficentiae beneficentiīs
accusative beneficentiam beneficentiās
ablative beneficentiā beneficentiīs
vocative beneficentia beneficentiae

Descendants

  • Catalan: beneficència
  • Galician: beneficencia
  • Italian: beneficenza
  • Portuguese: beneficência
  • Spanish: beneficencia

References

  • “beneficentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “beneficentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • beneficentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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