benevolentia
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom benevolēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /be.ne.u̯oˈlen.ti.a/, [bɛneu̯ɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.ne.voˈlen.t͡si.a/, [benevoˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
editbenevolentia f (genitive benevolentiae); first declension
- kindness
- Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, benignitās, venia
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | benevolentia | benevolentiae |
Genitive | benevolentiae | benevolentiārum |
Dative | benevolentiae | benevolentiīs |
Accusative | benevolentiam | benevolentiās |
Ablative | benevolentiā | benevolentiīs |
Vocative | benevolentia | benevolentiae |
Descendants
edit- Catalan: benevolència
- English: benevolence
- French: bénévolence
- Galician: benevolencia
- Italian: benevolenza
- Portuguese: benevolência
- Romanian: bunăvoință
- Spanish: benevolencia
References
edit- “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