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Latin
Etymology
From benevolēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
benevolentia f (genitive benevolentiae); first declension
- kindness
- Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, benignitās, venia
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
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, 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