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Morphology Lemmata benevolentia (external link: benevolentia )Forms: beneuolen-tiam (data provider: donatus-sup), beneuolentia (data provider: perseus), beneuolentiae (data provider: perseus), beneuolentiam (data provider: donatus-sup), benevolentia (data provider: perseus), benevolentiae (data provider: perseus), benevolentiaeque (data provider: perseus), benevolentiam (data provider: perseus), benevolentiamque (data provider: perseus), benevolentiaque (data provider: perseus), benevolentiis (data provider: perseus), beniuolentia (data provider: perseus), beniuolentiae (data provider: donatus-sup), beniuolentiam (data provider: perseus), benivolentia (data provider: perseus), benivolentiae (data provider: perseus), benivolentiam (data provider: perseus), benivolentiamque (data provider: perseus), benivolentiaque (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary benevolentia bĕnĕvŏlentĭa (better than bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa), ae, f. [benevolus], good-will , benevolence , kindness , favor , friendship (diff. from amor, q.v.; in good class. prose, most freq. in Cic., esp. in Lael. and Off.): amor, ex quo amicitia nominata, princeps est ad benevolentiam conjungendam , Cic. Lael. 8, 26 ; id. Fam. 3, 9, 1 ; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 63 (Fleck. sapientia): capere, movere , Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32 : declarare , to express , id. Fam. 3, 12, 4 : multitudinis animos ad benevolentiam allicere , id. Off. 2, 14, 48 : comparare , id. ib. 2, 15, 54 : adjungere sibi , id. Mur. 20, 41 : alicujus benevolentiam consequi , Nep. Dat. 5, 2 : acquirere sibi , Quint. 3, 8, 7 : capere , Auct. Her. 1, 4, 6 : contrahere , id. ib. 1, 5, 8 : conligere , id. ib. : pro tuā erga me benevolentiā , Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 2 : desiderare benevolentiam , good-will , readiness , willingness , id. Or. 1, 1 : benevolentia singularis , an exceeding friendliness of feeling , Suet. Calig. 3 : cum aliquo benevolentiā in aliquem certare , Tac. A. 13, 21 .—
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A. In the jurists, mildness , benignity , indulgence : interponere benevolentiam , Dig. 29, 2, 52 ; Just. Inst. 2, 20 .—
B. In plur. (post-class.), kind conduct , friendly services : non in benevolentiis segnis , Spart. Carac. 1 ; Arn. 6 init.
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