beneficium
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From beneficus (“beneficent”) + -ium
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.ki.um/, [bɛnɛˈfɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [bɛnɛˈfiːt͡ʃium]
Noun[edit]
beneficium n (genitive beneficiī or beneficī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | beneficium | beneficia |
Genitive | beneficiī beneficī1 |
beneficiōrum |
Dative | beneficiō | beneficiīs |
Accusative | beneficium | beneficia |
Ablative | beneficiō | beneficiīs |
Vocative | beneficium | beneficia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- beneficium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- beneficium in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- beneficium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- beneficium in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
- 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, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- beneficium in William Smith et al., editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin, 1890