beneficentia

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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/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/,

Noun

beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension

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.

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