benignus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Italic *dwenedgenos, from *dwened (“well”) (whence Latin bene (“well”)) + *genos (“origin”) (whence Latin genus (“origin”)). Compare malignus (“wicked, malicious”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beˈniɡ.nus/, [bɛˈnɪŋnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲus/, [beˈniɲːus]
Adjective
benignus (feminine benigna, neuter benignum, adverb benignē or benigniter); first/second-declension adjective
- kind, good, friendly, pleasant
- Antonym: severus
- beneficent, obliging, bounteous
- (of things) favorable, mild
- (poetic, of things) fruitful, fertile, copious
- (poetic) lucky, propitious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | benignus | benigna | benignum | benignī | benignae | benigna | |
Genitive | benignī | benignae | benignī | benignōrum | benignārum | benignōrum | |
Dative | benignō | benignō | benignīs | ||||
Accusative | benignum | benignam | benignum | benignōs | benignās | benigna | |
Ablative | benignō | benignā | benignō | benignīs | |||
Vocative | benigne | benigna | benignum | benignī | benignae | benigna |
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: benign
- French: bénin, bénigne
- Italian: benigno
- Portuguese: benigno
- Spanish: benigno, benigna
References
- “benignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “benignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- benignus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.