munificentia
Latin
Etymology
From Latin munus (“gift”) + facio (“I make”).
Noun
mūnificentia f (genitive mūnificentiae); first declension
- bountifulness, munificence, liberality, generosity, largesse
- Synonym: largītiō
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūnificentia | mūnificentiae |
| Genitive | mūnificentiae | mūnificentiārum |
| Dative | mūnificentiae | mūnificentiīs |
| Accusative | mūnificentiam | mūnificentiās |
| Ablative | mūnificentiā | mūnificentiīs |
| Vocative | mūnificentia | mūnificentiae |
Related terms
- mūnificus
- mūnificēns
Descendants
- English: munificence
- French: munificence
- Italian: munificenza
- Portuguese: munificência
- Spanish: munificencia
References
- “munificentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “munificentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- munificentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- munificentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette