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Latin
Etymology
From benignus (“benevolent”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
benignitās f (genitive benignitātis); third declension
- kindness, benevolence, friendliness, courtesy
- Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, venia, benevolentia
- liberality, bounty, favor
- Synonym: benevolentia
- lenity, mercy
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “benignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “benignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- benignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “benignitas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers