benevolentia

== Latin == === Etymology === From benevolēns +‎ -ia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛ.wɔˈɫɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.ne.voˈlɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === benevolentia f (genitive benevolentiae); first declension kindness Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, benignitās, venia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “benevolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “benevolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “benevolentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. === Paronyms === beneolentia