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|lshtext=<b>bĕnignĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[benignus]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[quality]] of one [[benignus]], an [[affable]], [[kind]] [[bearing]] to others.<br /><b>I</b> Of [[feeling]] or [[external]] [[conduct]], [[kindness]], [[friendliness]], [[courtesy]], [[benevolence]], benignity: si ad vortendum huc animum adest [[benignitas]], Plaut. Merc. prol. 11: justitia, cui sunt adjunctae [[pietas]], [[bonitas]], [[liberalitas]], [[benignitas]], [[comitas]], quaeque sunt generis ejusdem, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65: [[etsi]] me attentissimis animis summā cum benignitate auditis, id. Sest. 13, 31; id. Caecin. 3, 9; id. Dom. 14, 32; id. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 33: [[benignitas]] animi, Tac. H. 2, 30; Dig. 48, 19, 11; 1, 3, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Of deeds, [[kindness]], [[liberality]], [[bounty]], [[favor]]: num [[solus]] [[ille]] dona dat? [[nunc]] ubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier? Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84 (intellegit se et dona obtulisse, et id [[benigne]] [[saepe]] fecisse, [[Don]].); Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 80: [[illa]] quanta [[benignitas]] naturae, [[quod]] tam [[multa]] ad vescendum, tam [[varia]], tamque jucunda gignit, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 131: [[largitio]], quae [[fit]] ex re familiari, fontem ipsum benignitatis exhaurit. Ita benignitate [[benignitas]] tollitur, id. Off. 2, 15, 52; 2, 15, 54: ne [[benignitas]] major esset [[quam]] facultates, id. ib. 1, 14, 44: amicorum [[benignitas]] exhausta est in eā re, id. Att. 4, 2, 7: ([[Volumnius]]) benignitatem per se gratam comitate adjuvabat, Liv. 9, 42, 5: [[satis]] superque me [[benignitas]] tua Ditavit, *Hor. Epod. 1, 31; August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71: benignitate deūm fractae hostium [[vires]], Tac. H. 4, 85; id. A. 14, 6.— In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: vides, benignitates hominum ut periere, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Lenity, [[mercy]]: [[severitas]] legum cum [[aliquo]] temperamento benignitatis, Dig. 48, 19, 11 pr.; 1, 3, 25.