benevolentia

Latin

Etymology

From benevolēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.ne.u̯oˈlen.ti.a/, [bɛneu̯ɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.ne.voˈlen.t͡si.a/, [benevoˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

benevolentia f (genitive benevolentiae); first declension

1. kindness

   Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, benignitās, venia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	benevolentia	benevolentiae
genitive	benevolentiae	benevolentiārum
dative	benevolentiae	benevolentiīs
accusative	benevolentiam	benevolentiās
ablative	benevolentiā	benevolentiīs
vocative	benevolentia	benevolentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: benevolència
• English: benevolence
• French: bénévolence
• Galician: benevolencia
• Italian: benevolenza
• Portuguese: benevolência
• Romanian: bunăvoință
• Spanish: benevolencia

References

• “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
    

Paronyms

• beneolentia