beneficentia

== Latin == === Alternative forms === beneficientia (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From benefaciō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛ.fɪˈkɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.ne.fiˈt͡ʃɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension beneficence, kindness ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: beneficència Galician: beneficencia Italian: beneficenza Portuguese: beneficência Spanish: beneficencia === References === “beneficentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “beneficentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “beneficentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.