beneficentia

Latin

Etymology

From benefaciō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈken.ti.a/, [bɛnɛfɪˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [benefiˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension

1. beneficence, kindness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	beneficentia	beneficentiae
genitive	beneficentiae	beneficentiārum
dative	beneficentiae	beneficentiīs
accusative	beneficentiam	beneficentiās
ablative	beneficentiā	beneficentiīs
vocative	beneficentia	beneficentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: beneficència
• Galician: beneficencia
• Italian: beneficenza
• Portuguese: beneficência
• Spanish: beneficencia

References

• “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.