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|lshtext=<b>bĕnĕfĭcentĭa</b>: ae, f. from [[beneficus]], [[like]] [[magnificentia]], [[munificentia]], from [[magnificus]], [[munificus]]; cf. Beier and Gernh. [[upon]] Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20,<br /><b>I</b> the [[quality]] of [[beneficus]], [[kindness]], [[beneficence]], an honorable and [[kind]] [[treatment]] of others (opp. [[maleficentia]], Lact. Ira Dei, 1, 1; [[several]] times in the philos. writings of Cic.; elsewh. [[rare]]): [[quid]] praestantius bonitate et beneficentiā? Cic. N.D. 1, 43, 121: [[beneficentia]], [[quam]] eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari [[licet]], id. Off. 1, 7, 20; 1, 14, 42 sq.; 2, 15, 52 and 53: [[comitas]] ac [[beneficentia]], id. de Or. 2, 84, 343: uti beneficentiā [[adversus]] supplices, Tac. A. 12, 20: [[beneficentia]] augebat ornabatque subjectos, Sen. Ep. 90, 5; Vulg. Heb. 13, 16. | |lshtext=<b>bĕnĕfĭcentĭa</b>: ae, f. from [[beneficus]], [[like]] [[magnificentia]], [[munificentia]], from [[magnificus]], [[munificus]]; cf. Beier and Gernh. [[upon]] Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20,<br /><b>I</b> the [[quality]] of [[beneficus]], [[kindness]], [[beneficence]], an honorable and [[kind]] [[treatment]] of others (opp. [[maleficentia]], Lact. Ira Dei, 1, 1; [[several]] times in the philos. writings of Cic.; elsewh. [[rare]]): [[quid]] praestantius bonitate et beneficentiā? Cic. N.D. 1, 43, 121: [[beneficentia]], [[quam]] eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari [[licet]], id. Off. 1, 7, 20; 1, 14, 42 sq.; 2, 15, 52 and 53: [[comitas]] ac [[beneficentia]], id. de Or. 2, 84, 343: uti beneficentiā [[adversus]] supplices, Tac. A. 12, 20: [[beneficentia]] augebat ornabatque subjectos, Sen. Ep. 90, 5; Vulg. Heb. 13, 16. | ||
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|gf=<b>bĕnĕfĭcentĭa</b>,¹³ æ, f. ([[beneficus]]) , disposition à faire le bien, bienfaisance : Cic. de Or. 2, 343 ; Off. 1, 20, etc. || clémence : Tac. Ann. 12, 20. | |||
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Revision as of 06:37, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĕnĕfĭcentĭa: ae, f. from beneficus, like magnificentia, munificentia, from magnificus, munificus; cf. Beier and Gernh. upon Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20,
I the quality of beneficus, kindness, beneficence, an honorable and kind treatment of others (opp. maleficentia, Lact. Ira Dei, 1, 1; several times in the philos. writings of Cic.; elsewh. rare): quid praestantius bonitate et beneficentiā? Cic. N.D. 1, 43, 121: beneficentia, quam eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet, id. Off. 1, 7, 20; 1, 14, 42 sq.; 2, 15, 52 and 53: comitas ac beneficentia, id. de Or. 2, 84, 343: uti beneficentiā adversus supplices, Tac. A. 12, 20: beneficentia augebat ornabatque subjectos, Sen. Ep. 90, 5; Vulg. Heb. 13, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĕnĕfĭcentĭa,¹³ æ, f. (beneficus) , disposition à faire le bien, bienfaisance : Cic. de Or. 2, 343 ; Off. 1, 20, etc.
