benevolus

== Latin == === Etymology === From bene (“well”) +‎ -volus (“willing”). Reflects bene volō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛˈnɛ.wɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [beˈnɛː.vo.lus] === Adjective === benevolus (feminine benevola, neuter benevolum, comparative benevolentior, superlative benevolentissimus, adverb benevolē); first/second-declension adjective benevolent, kind, friendly, favorable ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “benevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “benevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “benevolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.