benevolentia
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĕnĕvŏlentĭa: (better than bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa), ae, f. benevolus,
I 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.—
II Transf.
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.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĕnĕvŏlentia⁹ (bĕnĭv-), æ, f., bienveillance, disposition à vouloir du bien (à obliger), dévouement : eorum benevolentiam erga se diligentiamque collaudat Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 160, il loue leur dévouement et leur empressement à son égard ; benevolentia civium Cic. Læl. 61, les dispositions favorables des citoyens ; benevolentiam adjungere Cic. Mur. 41, se concilier les bonnes grâces ; benevolentiam ad odium, odium ad benevolentiam deducere Cic. de Or. 2, 72, changer la bienveillance en haine, la haine en bienveillance ; vita, quæ non in amici mutua benevolentia conquiescit Cic. Læl. 22, la vie, qui loin de se reposer sur le dévouement mutuel de l’amitié...
la forme benivolentia est assez fréquente dans les meilleurs mss.
