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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]benigne (comparative more benigne, superlative most benigne)
- Obsolete spelling of benign..
- 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse[1]:
- And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […]
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras[2], London: Canto 3, page 107:
- The antient Heroes were illustrious
For being benigne, and not blustrous,
Against a vanquisht foe:
Dutch
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Adjective
[edit]benigne (not comparable)
- (medicine) benign
- Synonym: goedaardig
- Antonym: maligne
Inflection
[edit]Declension of benigne | ||||
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uninflected | benigne | |||
inflected | benigne | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | benigne | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | benigne | ||
n. sing. | benigne | |||
plural | benigne | |||
definite | benigne | |||
partitive | benignes |
German
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]benigne (strong nominative masculine singular benigner, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of benigne (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist benigne | sie ist benigne | es ist benigne | sie sind benigne | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | benigner | benigne | benignes | benigne |
genitive | benignen | benigner | benignen | benigner | |
dative | benignem | benigner | benignem | benignen | |
accusative | benignen | benigne | benignes | benigne | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der benigne | die benigne | das benigne | die benignen |
genitive | des benignen | der benignen | des benignen | der benignen | |
dative | dem benignen | der benignen | dem benignen | den benignen | |
accusative | den benignen | die benigne | das benigne | die benignen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein benigner | eine benigne | ein benignes | (keine) benignen |
genitive | eines benignen | einer benignen | eines benignen | (keiner) benignen | |
dative | einem benignen | einer benignen | einem benignen | (keinen) benignen | |
accusative | einen benignen | eine benigne | ein benignes | (keine) benignen |
Interlingua
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[edit]benigne (comparative plus benigne, superlative le plus benigne)
Italian
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[edit]benigne
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From benignus (“benevolent”) + -ē.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beˈniɡ.neː/, [bɛˈnɪŋneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲe/, [beˈniɲːe]
Adverb
[edit]benignē (comparative benignius, superlative benignissimē)
- benignly, kindly, benevolently
- Synonym: benevolē
- (as a response) thank you, you are very kind (in receiving); no, thank you (in declining)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- benigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus; compare maligne.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]benigne
- kind, gentle, mild
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 8, recto, lines 482-484:
- his pariſſhens / deuoutly wolde he teche / Benygne he was / and wonder diligent / And in aduerſitee / ful pacient […]
- He would devoutly teach his parishioners; / he was gentle, truly diligent, / and so patient in adversity […]
- friendly-looking
- humane, fair (of laws or actions)
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “benīgne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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