benevolus

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bĕnĕ-vŏlus (in MSS. and inscrr. often bĕnĭvŏlus), a, um, adj. [volo], well-wishing, benevolent, kind, friendly, favorable (class. for the ante-class. benevolens, from which it borrows the comp. and sup.; cf. malevolus):

erga aliquem benevolus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 100:

facilis benivolusque tibi,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 33 Fleck.:

benevolum efficere auditorem,

Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

benevolos auditores habere,

id. ib. 1, 4, 6:

ut benevolos beneque existimantes efficiamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322; Quint. 3, 7, 24; 4, 1, 5; 10, 1, 48; Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

benevolentior tibi,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 13, 60, 1:

officium benevolentissimi atque amicissimi,

id. ib. 5, 16, 6:

naturā benevolentissimus,

Suet. Tit. 8.—

Transf., of servants, devoted, yielding willing service:

servus domino benevolus,

Cic. Clu. 63, 176.— Adv.: bĕnĕvŏlē, benevolently, kindly, Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; id. Fam. 13, 21, 2.— Sup., Aug. Ep. ad Aur. 64; id. ib. ad Hier. 28.

bĕnĕ-vŏlus (in MSS. and inscrr. often bĕnĭvŏlus), a, um, adj. [volo], well-wishing, benevolent, kind, friendly, favorable (class. for the ante-class. benevolens, from which it borrows the comp. and sup.; cf. malevolus):

erga aliquem benevolus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 100:

facilis benivolusque tibi,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 33 Fleck.:

benevolum efficere auditorem,

Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

benevolos auditores habere,

id. ib. 1, 4, 6:

ut benevolos beneque existimantes efficiamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322; Quint. 3, 7, 24; 4, 1, 5; 10, 1, 48; Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

benevolentior tibi,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 13, 60, 1:

officium benevolentissimi atque amicissimi,

id. ib. 5, 16, 6:

naturā benevolentissimus,

Suet. Tit. 8.—

Transf., of servants, devoted, yielding willing service:

servus domino benevolus,

Cic. Clu. 63, 176.— Adv.: bĕnĕvŏlē, benevolently, kindly, Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; id. Fam. 13, 21, 2.— Sup., Aug. Ep. ad Aur. 64; id. ib. ad Hier. 28.

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bĕnĕvŏlentĭa (better than bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa), ae, f. [benevolus], good-will, benevolence, kindness, favor, friendship (diff. from amor, q.v.;

in good class. prose, most freq. in Cic., esp. in Lael. and Off.): amor, ex quo amicitia nominata, princeps est ad benevolentiam conjungendam,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; id. Fam. 3, 9, 1; * Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 63 (Fleck. sapientia):

capere, movere,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32:

declarare,

to express, id. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

multitudinis animos ad benevolentiam allicere,

id. Off. 2, 14, 48:

comparare,

id. ib. 2, 15, 54:

adjungere sibi,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

alicujus benevolentiam consequi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 2:

acquirere sibi,

Quint. 3, 8, 7:

capere,

Auct. Her. 1, 4, 6:

contrahere,

id. ib. 1, 5, 8:

conligere,

id. ib.:

pro tuā erga me benevolentiā,

Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

desiderare benevolentiam,

good-will, readiness, willingness, id. Or. 1, 1:

benevolentia singularis,

an exceeding friendliness of feeling, Suet. Calig. 3:

cum aliquo benevolentiā in aliquem certare,

Tac. A. 13, 21.—

Transf.

In the jurists, mildness, benignity, indulgence:

interponere benevolentiam,

Dig. 29, 2, 52; Just. Inst. 2, 20.—

In plur. (post-class.), kind conduct, friendly services:

non in benevolentiis segnis,

Spart. Carac. 1; Arn. 6 init.

bĕnĕvŏlentĭa (better than bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa), ae, f. [benevolus], good-will, benevolence, kindness, favor, friendship (diff. from amor, q.v.;

in good class. prose, most freq. in Cic., esp. in Lael. and Off.): amor, ex quo amicitia nominata, princeps est ad benevolentiam conjungendam,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; id. Fam. 3, 9, 1; * Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 63 (Fleck. sapientia):

capere, movere,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32:

declarare,

to express, id. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

multitudinis animos ad benevolentiam allicere,

id. Off. 2, 14, 48:

comparare,

id. ib. 2, 15, 54:

adjungere sibi,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

alicujus benevolentiam consequi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 2:

acquirere sibi,

Quint. 3, 8, 7:

capere,

Auct. Her. 1, 4, 6:

contrahere,

id. ib. 1, 5, 8:

conligere,

id. ib.:

pro tuā erga me benevolentiā,

Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

desiderare benevolentiam,

good-will, readiness, willingness, id. Or. 1, 1:

benevolentia singularis,

an exceeding friendliness of feeling, Suet. Calig. 3:

cum aliquo benevolentiā in aliquem certare,

Tac. A. 13, 21.—

Transf.

In the jurists, mildness, benignity, indulgence:

interponere benevolentiam,

Dig. 29, 2, 52; Just. Inst. 2, 20.—

In plur. (post-class.), kind conduct, friendly services:

non in benevolentiis segnis,

Spart. Carac. 1; Arn. 6 init.

ergā, praep. [syncop. for e-regā, from ex and root rag-, to reach upward, be upright; cf. ergo, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 448 sqq.], over against, opposite to (cf.: adversus, versus, contra, e regione, e contrario).

Lit., of locality (ante- and post-classical and rare):

quae med erga aedes habet,

i. e. opposite me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 55 (al. modo erga):

erga regiam,

App. Dogm. Plat. p. 9, 21.—

Trop.: aliquem, more rarely aliquid, of feelings and conduct towards a person.

Of friendly feelings, etc. (so mostly in class. lang.):

erga et in hoc differunt: fere enim erga ad affectum refertur, quasi erga illum benignus: in ad simultatem, quasi in illum sum saevus,

Charis. p. 208 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 989: ut eodem modo erga amicum affecti simus, [p. 655] quo erga nosmet ipsos... ut nostra in amicos benevolentia illorum erga nos benevolentiae pariter respondeat, Cic. Lael. 16; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 68; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 47; id. Trin. 3, 1, 18:

erga aliquem benevolus,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 100; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 15; id. Rud. 5, 3, 33; Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; 2, 49, 201; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 49; id. Cist. 1, 1, 111; cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 9:

divina bonitas erga homines,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

perpetua erga populum Romanum fides,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 84, 3; 2, 17, 2 et saep.:

te oro per mei te erga bonitatem patris,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 48; so,

te erga,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 24:

med erga,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 56:

se erga,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 15:

amicum erga,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 4; cf.

the following.—Relating to things: cum in universam rem publicam, tum etiam erga meam salutem fide ac benevolentia singulari,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; cf. id. Att. 8, 3, 2; Plin. Pan. 50, 4; Tac. A. 4, 20 al.—

Of unfriendly feelings, for the usual contra or adversus, against:

ne malus item erga me sit, ut illum erga fuit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 4; id. Aul. 4, 10, 62; id. Cas. 3, 4, 27; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 36; Nep. Alcib. 4, 4:

odium, quod erga regem susceperant,

id. Dat. 10 fin.; id. Ham. 4 fin.; id. Hann. 1 fin.; Tac. H. 2, 99; 4, 49; id. A. 2, 2; cf.

transp.: med erga,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 5; id. Capt. 2, 3, 56; id. Ep. 3, 3, 9.—Relating to things:

res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est,

against his own advantage, Curt. 10, 1, 40.—

In post-Aug. authors (esp. in Tacitus) in gen. of every kind of mental relation to a person or thing, to, towards, in respect to:

anxii erga Sejanum, cujus durior congressus,

Tac. A. 4, 74:

erga Germanicos exercitus laudes gratesque,

id. H. 2, 55 fin.; id. A. 11, 25 fin.:

prisco erga duces honore,

id. ib. 3, 74 fin.; cf. Plin. Pan. 55, 3:

suprema erga memoriam filii sui munera,

Tac. A. 3, 2; id. H. 1, 20:

atrociore semper fama erga dominantium exitus,

id. A. 4, 11; Amm. 16, 10; v. Hand Turs. II. pp. 437-440.

sĭmŭlātor, ōris, m. [simulo].

A copier, imitator ( poet. and very rare):

excitat artificem simulatoremque figurae Morphea,

Ov. M. 11, 634:

humani qualis simulator simius oris,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 303.—

A feigner, pretender, counterfeit, hypocrite, simulator, etc. (the class. signif. of the word).

With gen.:

animus cujus rei libet simulator ac dissimulator,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

segnitiae,

Tac. A. 14, 57:

belli,

Luc. 4, 722.—

Absol.: in omni oratione simulatorem, quem eirôna Graeci nominarunt, Socratem accepimus, * Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

benevolus et simulator,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10, 39:

callidus et simulator,

Tac. A. 13, 47.