beneficentia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From benefaciō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈken.ti.a/, [bɛnɛfɪˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [benefiˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | beneficentia | beneficentiae |
| Genitive | beneficentiae | beneficentiārum |
| Dative | beneficentiae | beneficentiīs |
| Accusative | beneficentiam | beneficentiās |
| Ablative | beneficentiā | beneficentiīs |
| Vocative | beneficentia | beneficentiae |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: beneficència
- Galician: beneficencia
- Italian: beneficenza
- Portuguese: beneficência
- Spanish: beneficencia
References edit
- “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.