beneficiarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From beneficium (“benefit, favor”) +‎ -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛ.fɪ.kiˈaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.ne.fi.t͡ʃiˈaː.ri.us] === Noun === beneficiārius m (genitive beneficiāriī or beneficiārī); second declension (mostly plural) privileged soldier who is exempt from certain duties ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Adjective === beneficiārius (feminine beneficiāria, neuter beneficiārium); first/second-declension adjective pertaining to a favor ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “beneficiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “beneficiarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "beneficiarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)