benevolus

Latin

Etymology

From bene (“well”) +‎ -volus (“willing”). Reflects bene volō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɛˈnɛ.wɔ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [beˈnɛː.vo.lus]

Adjective

benevolus (feminine benevola, neuter benevolum, comparative benevolentior, superlative benevolentissimus, adverb benevolē); first/second-declension adjective

1. benevolent, kind, friendly, favorable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	benevolus	benevola	benevolum		benevolī	benevolae	benevola
genitive	benevolī	benevolae	benevolī		benevolōrum	benevolārum	benevolōrum
dative	benevolō	benevolae	benevolō		benevolīs
accusative	benevolum	benevolam	benevolum		benevolōs	benevolās	benevola
ablative	benevolō	benevolā	benevolō		benevolīs
vocative	benevole	benevola	benevolum		benevolī	benevolae	benevola

Descendants

• Catalan: benèvol
• French: bénévole
• Galician: benévolo
• Italian: benevolo
• Portuguese: benévolo
• Spanish: benévolo

References

• “benevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “benevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “benevolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be well-disposed towards..: benevolo animo esse in aliquem