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|lshtext=<b>bĕnĕvŏlentĭa</b>: ([[better]] [[than]] bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa), ae, f. [[benevolus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In the jurists, [[mildness]], benignity, [[indulgence]]: interponere benevolentiam, Dig. 29, 2, 52; Just. Inst. 2, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In plur. ([[post]]-[[class]].), [[kind]] [[conduct]], [[friendly]] services: non in benevolentiis [[segnis]], Spart. Carac. 1; Arn. 6 init.>