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
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..."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..."