benefacio

== Latin == === Etymology === From bene (“well”) +‎ faciō (“to do, make”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛˈfa.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.neˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === benefaciō (present infinitive benefacere, perfect active benefēcī, supine benefactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive to do good to benefit to bless ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== malefaciō ==== Derived terms ==== benefactus benefactor ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: benfer Middle French: bienfaire Italian: benefare Romanian: bineface → Spanish: benefacer, beneficiar === References === “benefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “benefacio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.