beneficium
Contents
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bene (“well”, “good”) + -ficium (“-making”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.ki.um/, [bɛ.nɛˈfɪ.ki.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [be.neˈfiː.t͡ʃi.um]
Noun[edit]
beneficium n (genitive beneficiī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | beneficium | beneficia |
genitive | beneficiī | beneficiōrum |
dative | beneficiō | beneficiīs |
accusative | beneficium | beneficia |
ablative | beneficiō | beneficiīs |
vocative | beneficium | beneficia |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- beneficium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- beneficium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beneficium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- beneficium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to do any one a service or kindness: beneficium alicui dare, tribuere
- to do any one a service or kindness: beneficio aliquem afficere, ornare
- to heap benefits upon..: beneficia in aliquem conferre
- to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
- to (richly) recompense a kindness or service: beneficium remunerari or reddere (cumulate)
- to return good for evil: pro maleficiis beneficia reddere
- prerogative, privilege: ius praecipuum, beneficium, donum, also immunitas c. Gen.
- to do any one a service or kindness: beneficium alicui dare, tribuere
- beneficium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beneficium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin