benevolus
Latin
Etymology
bene + volō + -us
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beˈne.u̯o.lus/, [bɛˈneu̯ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈne.vo.lus/, [beˈnɛːvolus]
Adjective
benevolus (feminine benevola, neuter benevolum, adverb benevolē); first/second-declension adjective
- benevolent, kind, friendly, favorable
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | benevolus | benevola | benevolum | benevolī | benevolae | benevola | |
| Genitive | benevolī | benevolae | benevolī | benevolōrum | benevolārum | benevolōrum | |
| Dative | benevolō | benevolō | benevolīs | ||||
| Accusative | benevolum | benevolam | benevolum | benevolōs | benevolās | benevola | |
| Ablative | benevolō | benevolā | benevolō | benevolīs | |||
| Vocative | benevole | benevola | benevolum | benevolī | benevolae | benevola | |
Descendants
- Catalan: benèvol
- French: bénévole
- Galician: benévolo
- Italian: benevolo
- Portuguese: benévolo
- Spanish: benévolo
References
- “benevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “benevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- benevolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be well-disposed towards..: benevolo animo esse in aliquem
- to be well-disposed towards..: benevolo animo esse in aliquem