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

Noun

beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension

  1. beneficence, kindness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

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.