beneficus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Derived from bene (“well, good”) + -ficus (suffix denoting making).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beˈne.fi.kus/, [bɛˈnɛfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈne.fi.kus/, [beˈnɛːfikus]
Adjective edit
beneficus (feminine benefica, neuter beneficum, comparative beneficentior); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | beneficus | benefica | beneficum | beneficī | beneficae | benefica | |
| Genitive | beneficī | beneficae | beneficī | beneficōrum | beneficārum | beneficōrum | |
| Dative | beneficō | beneficō | beneficīs | ||||
| Accusative | beneficum | beneficam | beneficum | beneficōs | beneficās | benefica | |
| Ablative | beneficō | beneficā | beneficō | beneficīs | |||
| Vocative | benefice | benefica | beneficum | beneficī | beneficae | benefica | |
Antonyms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “beneficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beneficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beneficus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.