benevolentia
Latin
Etymology
From benevolēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛ.wɔˈɫɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.ne.voˈlɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
benevolentia f (genitive benevolentiae); first declension
- kindness
- Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, benignitās, venia
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | benevolentia | benevolentiae |
| genitive | benevolentiae | benevolentiārum |
| dative | benevolentiae | benevolentiīs |
| accusative | benevolentiam | benevolentiās |
| ablative | benevolentiā | benevolentiīs |
| vocative | benevolentia | benevolentiae |
Descendants
- Catalan: benevolència
- English: benevolence
- French: bénévolence
- Galician: benevolencia
- Italian: benevolenza
- Portuguese: benevolência
- Romanian: bunăvoință
- Spanish: benevolencia
References
- “benevolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “benevolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- benevolentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be well-disposed towards..: benevolentiam habere erga aliquem
- to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces: benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliare or colligere (ex aliqua re)
- to show kindness to..: benevolentiam alicui praestare, in aliquem conferre
- to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
- to be well-disposed towards..: benevolentiam habere erga aliquem