benevolens
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From bene (“well”) + volēns (“wishing”). Literally meaning "well wishing". Compare Icelandic vilja vel (“to wish well”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beˈne.u̯o.lens/, [bɛˈneu̯ɔɫ̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈne.vo.lens/, [beˈnɛːvolens]
Adjective
benevolēns (genitive benevolentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- kind, wishing well, benevolent, friendly, with a kind heart, propitious, favorable
- Ero benevolens.
- I'll be kind.
- Benevolentes inter se.
- Friendly to each other.
- Alicui amicus et benevolens.
- A friend and well-wisher to some.
- Ero benevolens.
Usage notes
- Much used in anteclassical. In the classical era the adjective benevolus was used.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | benevolēns | benevolentēs | benevolentia | ||
Genitive | benevolentis | benevolentium | |||
Dative | benevolentī | benevolentibus | |||
Accusative | benevolentem | benevolēns | benevolentēs | benevolentia | |
Ablative | benevolentī | benevolentibus | |||
Vocative | benevolēns | benevolentēs | benevolentia |
Noun
benevolēns m or f (genitive benevolentis); third declension
- a friend, a well-wisher, someone of a kind heart
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | benevolēns | benevolentēs |
Genitive | benevolentis | benevolentum |
Dative | benevolentī | benevolentibus |
Accusative | benevolentem | benevolentēs |
Ablative | benevolente | benevolentibus |
Vocative | benevolēns | benevolentēs |
References
- “benevolens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “benevolens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- benevolens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
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