beneficentiae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →beneficentia, beneficentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beneficence, kindness; honorable treatment;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quid deesset suis providebat, fortitudo pericula arcebat, beneficentia augebat ornabatque subiectos. Officium erat imperare, non regnum. Nemo quantum..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...maioribus placitum, quanta pervicacia in hostem, tanta beneficentia adversus supplices utendum; nam triumphos de populis regnisque integris adquiri..."