beneficentia
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom benefaciō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈken.ti.a/, [bɛnɛfɪˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.ne.fiˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [benefiˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
editbeneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-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.