benefactis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →benefacio, benefacere, benefeci, benefactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
do service/good to; make well/ably; benefit; bless; (usu. 2 words);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →benefactum, benefacti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
benefit, service (also as 2 words); good deed (usu. pl.);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →benefio, beneferi, benefactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be blessed; receive a benefit; (benefacio PASS);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...neque id haud immerito tuo. nam ecastor solus benefactis tuis me florentem facis. MEN. Certo haec mulier..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...virtutis uberior), tum quo minores opes fuerunt, maiorem benefactis gloriam parit. Sed omnia quae extra nos bona sunt..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam in causa spei esset, suppliciter egerunt, ueteribus benefactis noua pensantes maleficia. ceterum et praesentes interrogationibus undique senatorum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...principe virtutibus praemia, quae in libertate: nec benefactis tantum ex conscientia merces. Amas constantiam civium, rectosque ac vividos..."
