benefactio

== Latin == === Etymology === From benefaciō (“do good, benefit”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛˈfak.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.neˈfak.t͡si.o] === Noun === benefactiō f (genitive benefactiōnis); third declension the performing of an act of kindness; a benefaction ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “benefactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “benefactio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.