beneficentia
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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. || clémence : Tac. Ann. 12, 20.
Latin > German (Georges)
beneficentia (benificentia), ae, f. (beneficus; vgl. Beier Cic de off. 1, 20), die Guttätigkeit, Wohltätigkeit (Ggstz maleficentia, Lact. de ira dei 1. § 1), huic (iustitiae) coniuncta beneficentia, quam eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet, Cic.: quid melius aut quid praestantius bonitate et beneficentiā? Cic.: beneficentiā adversus supplices uti, Tac. – / Auch benificientia geschr., zB. Itala Hebr. 13, 16 cod. Amiat. Vgl. Ritschl opusc. 2, 561.
