benefactum

Latin

Etymology

From benefactus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfak.tum/, [bɛnɛˈfäkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfak.tum/, [beneˈfäkt̪um]

Noun

benefactum n (genitive benefactī); second declension

1. a good deed, benefit, meritorious act
2. thank you

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	benefactum	benefacta
Genitive	benefactī	benefactōrum
Dative	benefactō	benefactīs
Accusative	benefactum	benefacta
Ablative	benefactō	benefactīs
Vocative	benefactum	benefacta

Participle

benefactum

1. inflection of benefactus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “benefactum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• benefactum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• benefactum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.