benignus

== Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, bene (“well”) +‎ -gnus (“-born”). Compare malignus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛˈnɪŋ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [beˈniɲ.ɲus] === Adjective === benignus (feminine benigna, neuter benignum, adverb benignē or benigniter); first/second-declension adjective kind, good, friendly, pleasant Antonym: severus beneficent, obliging, bounteous (of things) favorable, mild (poetic, of things) fruitful, fertile, copious (poetic) lucky, propitious ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “benignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “benignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “benignus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.