benivole
Dictionary entries
- Entry →benivolus, benivola, benivolum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
well-wishing, kind, benevolent, friendly, devoted;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →benivole:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
in a spirit of good will, in a friendly manner;
- Entry →benivolus, benivoli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
well-wisher, friend;
voc. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...memoratis multis magnisque rebus, quae bene ac benivole post redditam pacem Samnitibus fecisset, obtulisse dono grandem pecuniam orasseque..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...memoriter, tum etiam erga nos amice et benivole collegisti, nec me tamen laudandis maioribus meis corrupisti nec segniorem..."
