bĕnĭvŏ-lentĭa

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.